http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-290773.html
localoidMar 25, 2007, 11:10 PM
So what exactly CAN get true surround out of Apple's 6-channel AAC movie trailers? Only a product like the Firewave and speakers that have 6-channel input? Never made much sense to me. :confused:
Correct. I have a Firewire sound device, w/6 channels out, and Apple Quicktime 5.1 surround sound will playback in iTunes or QT Pro on discrete channels if "speakers" are configured accordingly in Audio Midi Devices (in Utilities).
In "theory" at least, there are other methods that should allow some-degree of surround sound playback; those topics and theories are addressed in the article mentioned at the beginning of this thread @ ThisMuchIKnow (http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk/?p=34), from which the following quote is taken:
If Apple are saying “we support 5.1″ to mean “we support Dolby Pro Logic II”, what they really mean is:
“If you have an existing QuickTime-friendly movie with a stereo soundtrack, which happens to have Dolby Pro Logic II 5.1 information matrix-encoded into it, then we’ll happily play that stereo soundtrack to your amplifier. If your amplifier then happens to detect and decode the Dolby Pro Logic II encoding, then you’ll get 5.1 sound out of your speakers.”
But at this point in time we have no real proof that Apple actually said :apple: tv does support 5.1, and actual "controlled experiments" with Apple TV in regards to surround sound have been few and far between. So, at this point in time, what we don't know (for certain) about :apple: tv amounts to more than we actually do know (for certain)...
Someone should take a known QT 5.1 sound file, play it via :apple: tv that's correctly connected to a receiver w/Dolby Pro Logic and report what they're able to get (sound wise) out of this experiment.
Until then... confusion will reign in regards to this topic. |