[Openal-devel] Multi channel (5.1 or higher) in Open AL

[Jason Daly]

Richard Rosario wrote:
>
> Is there any possibility to play 5.1 or higher channel audio files.

Yes (depending on your OS and implementation).  To check if your 
implementation supports it, check for support of the AL_EXT_MCFORMATS 
extension.  The Creative native implementation supports it, and I think 
newer versions of OpenAL-Soft also support it.

If your implementation supports it, you can just load it and play it as 
any other sound.  If the sound is multi-channel, it will be played 
normally (not spatialized).

--"J"