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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0007379MMW v4Playerpublic2011-05-27 09:04
Reporterrusty Assigned To 
PriorityhighSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version4.0 
Summary0007379: WASAPI: sound to rear-channels can't be disabled
DescriptionAccording to users, the current behavior (of using the source for the back speakers) is _not_ the correct behavior.

Short of a channel mapping UI, it may be simplest to add checkbox along the lines of:
 [ ] Enable rear speakers for stereo sound
Additional InformationReported at: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=54826
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rusty

2011-05-26 22:02

administrator   ~0025670

Should this be triaged up?

jiri

2011-05-27 09:04

administrator   ~0025689

I don't think so. I'd say that most users expect stereo sound coming from all speakers, see e.g.:

http://www.un4seen.com/forum/?topic=11848.0
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-131604.html
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=286642

In case there's a lot of feedback about this in 4.0, we can consider some more complex configuration to allow different mixing results - possibly even with some 3D effects, etc.