[vlc-devel] Plugin downmix-to-stereo

[Martin Zuther]

Hi!

I have written a channel mixer plugin that downward-mixes from 5.0/5.1 
surround sound to two selectable stereo outputs while not changing the 
number of channels.  I have done so as VLC automatically assumes that my 
multiple-channel audio card (which I use for making music) is connected 
to a 5.1 channel surround amplifier.  However, this is not the case, so 
I miss all of the dialog in videos with 5.x surround sound.

Now, I can simply insert the channel mixer plugin that either does the 
downward mixing (5.x surround sound using the official downward mixing 
matrices given in ITU-R BS.775-2) or passes all audio channels (all 
other channel matrices).

Unfortunately, I simply haven't got the time to create an official 
patch.  Maybe one of you has the time to integrate this in the 
repository.  Before writing the plugin, I have seen quite a few "I can't 
hear the dialog in VLC" messages on the Internet, so it's probably worth 
it.  The code is fully commented and runs fine in VLC 1.1.3 on Debian. 
I have made the necessary changes to adapt the plugin to VLC 2.0 and the 
code compiles, but due to an incompatible library that leads to 
stuttering audio I can't really check it.

I have attached the code for VLC 2.0 to this email.  Feel free to 
contact me if you have further questions.

Thanks for coding such a great player!

Martin
Germany
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www.mzuther.de
www.radix-musik.de
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