Thats very interesting - thanks. It works remarkably well in Chrome, listening on stereo (iPhone) headphones on my MacbookAir
Cheers Garth http://www.activatedspace.com http://www.syncsonics.com On 27/11/2011, at 3:20 AM, etienne deleflie wrote: > I've now replaced the AC3 with a 5.1 Ogg Vorbis file. > > http://soundofspace.com/static/test_html5.html > > Firefox now reads it. Unfortunately, Firefox apparently cant play 5.1 files > ... so it just plays the first two channels. Rather disappointing ... > especially given that Chrome seems to be able to play the 5.1 Ogg file just > fine. > > Here's the Firefox Bugzilla report (lodged in 2009) about firefox not being > able to play 5.1 Vorbis files: > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521615 > > So the best bet is just AAC. > > Etienne > > > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 7:43 PM, etienne deleflie <edelef...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Bill, >> >> I was expecting that Firefox would not attempt to play the file at all ... >> strange that it attempts to play the file at all. >> >> What happens if you go to this URL in firefox: >> >> http://audio.soundofspace.com/ajh/eight-directions.ac3 >> >> Etienne >> >> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Bill de Garis <d...@dgvo.net> wrote: >> >>> Latest version of Firefox (8.0) on Win7 64bit. >>> Alls I get it the spinning dots when I press play. >>> Nothing else. >>> No sound. >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> >>> On 26/11/11 8:08 p.m., etienne deleflie wrote: >>> >>>> I've been meaning to try out HTML5's capabilities for a while, now seems >>>> a >>>> good time. >>>> >>>> http://soundofspace.com/**static/test_html5.html<http://soundofspace.com/static/test_html5.html> >>>> >>>> This page hosts an (ambisonicaly decoded) 5.1 file in AAC and AC3 .... >>>> using HTML5 the browser should automatically choose the one it can >>>> support. >>>> >>>> InternetExplorer 9 supports AAC, so does Safari and so does Chrome. So >>>> that >>>> covers around 50% of browsers. BUT ... it also covers the two main OSes. >>>> >>>> Firefox is the other 50% ... and that means Ogg ... not sure if firefox >>>> supports AC3 but I dont think it does. >>>> >>>> The only question is whether or not the Browser can successfully stream >>>> the >>>> 5.1 channels to the sound card connected to multiple speakers. >>>> >>>> ... any reports of success or failure would be appreciated. >>>> >>>> Etienne >>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>>> URL:<https://mail.music.vt.**edu/mailman/private/sursound/** >>>> attachments/20111127/ae3fafc3/**attachment.html<https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20111127/ae3fafc3/attachment.html> >>>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> Sursound mailing list >>>> Sursound@music.vt.edu >>>> https://mail.music.vt.edu/**mailman/listinfo/sursound<https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound> >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Sursound mailing list >>> Sursound@music.vt.edu >>> https://mail.music.vt.edu/**mailman/listinfo/sursound<https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound> >>> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20111127/a6c22975/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
