[Vorbis] Does Ogg Vorbis support 5.1 surround?

[Cory]

Wow, thank you all very much!  I don't know if this will help, but I
encoded some DVDs to Xvid on my desktop.  The program converted the
Surround AC3 to a stereo mp3, and the sound sounds funny.  So, I hope
that this will help.

Though this is really irrelevant, I would like to ask this question,
because it is remotely related to what I am doing.  Is there any way
to "rip" dvds to your computer without GK.  I find it ugly, and a mess
(Maybe because I have no clue what I am doing).  Also, it seems as if
the only AC3 file copied from the dvd is the 6 channel one.  Even if
the DVD has a stereo track too, it never gives me the option.

Thank you all very much!  This only strengthens my views on open
source codecs/standards/software.  I bet you wouldn't get this good of
'service' with commercial software!

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 18:19:18 +0200, Franck Charlemagne
<fcharlemagne at workit.fr> wrote:
> Type oggenc -h, and you can see the option -C which permit to tell
> oggenc how many channels you want (default : 2 channels, i.e stereo).
> But I think you must put exactly the number of channels supported by
> your 5.1 sound, elsewhere oggenc will tell you he can't encode (because
> he can't read the source if the channel number is wrong).
> So you have to look for 5.1 sound specs to know how many channels you
> have to put in -C option.
>
> And no doubt, Ogg Vorbis is the best format :o)
>
> Good lucks,
> Franck
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cory [mailto:kiweki at gmail.com]
> Sent: jeudi 5 ao?t 2004 18:02
> To: Franck Charlemagne
> Subject: Re: [Vorbis] Does Ogg Vorbis support 5.1 surround?
>
> Oh, ok, thank you! So, are you sure it can?  If so, is there any option
> I have to set.  Or, will it recognize the multi-channel file and do it's
> thing accordingly?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 16:36:56 +0200, Franck Charlemagne
> <fcharlemagne at workit.fr> wrote:
> > I'm a newbie too, but I've just take a look at the code, and Ogg
> > Vorbis support 256 channels, so it may support 5.1 sound. Elsewhere, a
>
> > well-known advantages of Ogg versus MP3 is that it can encode more
> > than 2 channels. Franck
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vorbis-bounces at xiph.org [mailto:vorbis-bounces at xiph.org] On
> > Behalf Of Cory
> > Sent: jeudi 5 ao?t 2004 15:21
> > To: vorbis at xiph.org
> > Subject: [Vorbis] Does Ogg Vorbis support 5.1 surround?
> >
> > Hello everyone!
> >
> > Please bear with me, I am a complete audio-newbie, and I apologise if
> > I am asking a question that I should know.
> >
> > As most of you all know, DVD's have 5.1 audio, and I want to preserve
> > that in my voribs files.  So, to ask the question : Does it support
> > Surround sound?
> >
> > Thank you very much! _______________________________________________
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