On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 03:44:39 +0200 pike <pikestaff at gmail.com> wrote: > the usage of 'mplayer -identify' on a videofile containing AC3 5.1 > audio falsely reports 2ch. Try "mplayer -identify -channels 9" or some other number that is more channels than the file potentially could. Does mplayer detect it correctly then?