Native FLAC can support up to 8 channels; you are right. To support more channels using FLAC, you should use Ogg FLAC, an OGG container containing FLAC-encoded material.
If that helps you, you can find more here: https://xiph.org/flac/faq.html#general__native_vs_ogg Here: https://xiph.org/flac/faq.html#general__native_or_ogg And here: https://xiph.org/flac/ogg_mapping.html I hope that helps in your case. Cheers! *Pan Athen* SoundFellas <https://soundfellas.com/>, *MediaFlake Ltd <http://mediaflake.com/>* Digital Media Services, Content, and Tools On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 9:02 PM Bo-Erik Sandholm <bosses...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can someone comment on the double message i think i find in the spec? > > There is a the specification of max number of channels in stream info > chapter 8.2 > > u(3) | (number of channels)-1. FLAC supports from 1 to | > | | 8 channels. > > > In chapter 8.6.2 > > A WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE_CHANNEL_MASK field of 0x0 can be used to > indicate that none of the audio channels of a file correlate with > speaker positions. This is the case when audio needs to be decoded > into speaker positions (e.g. Ambisonics B-format audio) or when a > multitrack recording is contained. > > > ..... > > What does this mean? > > Is it that ambisonics cannot be streamed in second or third order with > flac? > > > In todays widebandwith internet this feels a bit too restrictive, is > it a Dolby business thing? > > > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-cellar-flac/ > > Any information or ideas about this? > > Bosse Sandholm > Ambisonics hobbyist. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20230430/8df18559/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20230430/882266d9/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
