Music Media Helper (Tools for Multichannel Audio & Music Videos)

[Mickb]

I should add another new Remix tool to remix any 8 channel file to 5.1 FLAC, that would allow a user to converts the core Atmos 7.1 to 5.1 FLAC at any sample rate/bit depth (useful for those that don't have an Atmos system maybe?

Not sure if that's necessary, my understanding is that an Atmos-encoded audio should play correctly in a 5.1 system (ie backwards compatible), as it just ignores the meta-data for the additional channels. However, not sure if anything is "lost" by doing so, so maybe there is a use case for this?

 

[HomerJAU]

You are correct, but there a number of users here without AVRs that can’t decode TruehD, and some without HDMI at all.

Edit: And those that can’t play Atmos/DTS on car audio and other systems that can play multichannel FLAC or AAC (but can’t decode any Dolby or DTS formats).

 

[Asklia]

Exactly. For example, I have an Oppo Player connected to a Bose Quad Preamp. And surprisingly, the Oppo decodes physical media (i.e. a simple DTS encoded CD), but not the same ripped data set when played via network.

So I would like to pre-decode my files into 4.0 FLAC files.

 

[HomerJAU]

So I would like to pre-decode my files into 4.0 FLAC files.

So the new tool should take Atmos (core), 8 or 6 channel files and remix to 5.1, 5.0 or Quad (at 24/16bit and 48k/44.1k)