[Vorbis] Does Ogg Vorbis support 5.1 surround?

[Cory]

Yes of course, really :).  My DVDs just go to poo after a few months,
so I figured I would try to store them on the computer so I don't have
to use the discs.

Thank you everyone!

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:55:31 -0600, Matt Long <matt.long at matthew-long.com> wrote:
> 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?
> > > >
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