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Request change in handling of multi-channel
tij:
I am not into multichannel music ... I only use multichannel for movies
But here is suggestion ... why not have extra tag for music/videos that JRiver automatically populate when importing media that describes channel mapping ... then use that tag for playback
If JRiver interpret channel mapping incorrectly ... can then manually change that tag ... since JRiver seems to interprets most multichannel correctly, changing few odd tags manually does not seems like a big chore
mattkhan:
--- Quote from: RoderickGI on February 08, 2018, 06:45:46 pm ---If ZoneSwitch worked within a Playlist, switching smoothly from Stereo to 5.1 to 4.0 to 7.1, based on good rules which may mean some additional tagging of files for the desired output channel format, wouldn't this issue just go away?
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IMV anything that moves more DSP configuration into zoneswitch is a bad thing. In this case it seems the bigger change is enabling jriver to change audio device (config) on track change, once you've done that then using multiple zones seems like unnecessary overhead vs a dsp block change (like the output channel mapping via tags suggestion). It would be even better if this came alongside decoupling output format from mix target (not entirely obvious if this is directly related to this problem but is in the same ballpark at least).
RoderickGI:
--- Quote from: mattkhan on February 09, 2018, 02:56:11 am ---IMV anything that moves more DSP configuration into zoneswitch is a bad thing.
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Well, it depends how well it works I guess.
I don't consider Zones to be physical playback zones anymore. I consider them to be Output Profiles which include the Audio Device and DSP settings. Changing the Output Profile to match the track format seems like a logical idea. Of course, it may be very difficult to do well, or even at all.
mattkhan:
--- Quote from: RoderickGI on February 09, 2018, 06:30:00 am ---I don't consider Zones to be physical playback zones anymore.
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the coupling of physical locations and configurations of those locations is the bad thing, it turns a single MC instance into something that can really only talk to one location (if you need multiple configurations for that location). I'm probably going OT for this thread though.
dtc:
--- Quote from: tij on February 09, 2018, 01:18:44 am ---I am not into multichannel music ... I only use multichannel for movies
But here is suggestion ... why not have extra tag for music/videos that JRiver automatically populate when importing media that describes channel mapping ... then use that tag for playback
If JRiver interpret channel mapping incorrectly ... can then manually change that tag ... since JRiver seems to interprets most multichannel correctly, changing few odd tags manually does not seems like a big chore
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I think all you need is a tag as to whether or not there is a LFE channel. After that the mappings are all set by convention.
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