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[juanalvaro]

Hi there

I need to output a single video from modul8 to madmapper, but the audio output needs to be surround 5.1. Actually my video source (MOV apple pro res 422) uses the 5.1 audio codec.

I was ready for buying a Motu Audio Express (firewire/usb 3.0) card to output the sound, but I need an advice to be sure that my selection was good. So, does Modul8 (also madmapper) can execute the 5.1 audio track?

I was using the last version (2013 october) version of modul8 and madmapper, and my computer was a Macbookpro (Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (64-bit)

Please, can you helpme today

best regards

Alvaro

[orion]

can't you just use madmapper if you're just playing one video? not sure if modul8 outputs 5.1 but i'm willing to bet it'll play whatever you load into it.

[deepvisual]

this may be a job for qlab.
I've used it in the past for 5:1 where I've been given 5 wav files for the audio.
sadly the one thing M8 doesn't do well is sync multiple sources.

[NateMac]

Use a test file such as the one at the link below to test 5.1 setup
http://www.lynnemusic.com/surround.html

If you can't hear the rear channels it wont work.

[lotech]

I can confirm that Millumin plays 5.1 audio fine if you're looking for a alternative option that supports mapping/syphon.

[mad-matt]

In MadMapper 3.5 audio multi channel is supported with no channel limit. In 3.3 or previous you can play multi channel audio by using the AVFoundation player (macOS only) by activate the "Use hardware acceleration if possible" option on your movie.
If you want to use the FFMPEG player or if you're on Windows, there's a setting to enable multi channel audio support:
on macOS, in Terminal.app: defaults write com.garagecube.MadMapper audioOutputMultiChannel 1
on Windows, in Cmd.exe: REG ADD HKCU\SOFTWARE\Garagecube\MadMapper /f /v audioOutputMultiChannel /t REG_SZ /d 1
Cheers