[Vorbis] Does Ogg Vorbis support 5.1 surround?

[Matt Long]

There may be some easier to use commercial solutions, but if you want free
software, download SmartRipper to rip the disk to your system (as VOB files)
and then use FlaskMPEG to encode it into Divx (you'll need the divx codec).
You are just backing up disks you own aren't you? ;-)

-Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vorbis-bounces at xiph.org [mailto:vorbis-bounces at xiph.org] On Behalf
> Of Cory
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 9:32 AM
> To: Franck Charlemagne; vorbis at xiph.org
> Subject: Re: [Vorbis] Does Ogg Vorbis support 5.1 surround?
>
> 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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