To source from multichannel audio files

1. On the toolbar, click Properties, and then click the Sources tab.
2. In Source from, click Devices.
3. In Audio, click Multichannel WAV Source, and then click Configure.
4. For each channel, enter the source .wav file.
5. Click the Compression tab.
6. In Destination, click either File download, Hardware devices, Windows Media server, or Web server, depending on the playback scenario.
7. In Audio, click Multichannel audio.
8. Click Edit, and then click the bit rate tab.
9. In Audio format, click the 5.1 or 7.1 audio format you want to use.

Note

• The encoder automatically folds the channels down to two for playback with stereo speakers. If you are encoding 5.1 audio, you can modify the default fold-down distribution on the Processing tab.

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