[MPlayer-users] Re: Bug or misconfig in tv audio language support?

[Yan Seiner]

> On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 00:38, mplayer-users-request at mplayerhq.hu wrote:
> 
> > > > Try using -af pan=1:1:0 or -af pan=1:0:1 to get rid of one of the
> > > > channels.
> > > 
> > > This is a playback option.  I'm really looking for a record option, or a
> > > playback keyboard command that would cycle through the 4 sound playback
> > > modes: 1: stereo, 2: mono, 3: left on both channels (Lang 1), and 4:
> > > right on both channels (Lang 2).
> > 
> > No, this is an option for mplayer or mencoder, which will do exactly
> > what you want.
> 
> Hmmm. I've tried this for mencoder; it appears to have no effect, and
> the manpage says it's mplayer only.  I'm guessing that I have not hit on
> the right combo of modes in tv, af, and mp3lame opts.  I'll try
> practicing with mplayer first :-)
> 
> > > Yup.  This should work, but I'd still rather control it via mplayer.
> > 
> > Wait, I'm confused now. Do you want to record both channels, and then
> > pick one to play later? Or do you just want to record one channel??
> 
> Well, for this tape, I'd like to record it in English (Lang 2).  But in
> general, it would be nice if I could pick the language at playback, much
> as I do with my tape player, which has the following options: mono,
> stereo, L, R - and L and R will put that channel out both stereo
> channels, in effect picking a language.
> 
> --Yan

Hah!  For some reason, -af pan=x:x:x did nothing for me.  But after
rereading sound.html, I discovered that -af channel=2:2:1:0:1:1 did the
trick - put the right channel out both right and left channels.

And it works for mencoder.

Thanks!

--yan