[MPlayer-users] Identifying Surround Sound with MPlayer

[Gary C. New]

Is it possible to identify surround sound with
mplayer?  I am able to identify what audio codec is
used with a given a/v file through ID_AUDIO_CODEC, but
it does not specify how many channels are used.  Do
all a52 encoded files use all 6 channels or do they
have the option of using the minimum 2 channels?

Thank you for your assistance.

Respectfully,


Gary