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They need to start decoding movies to divx with 5.1 sound

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Remy XO

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Is it that much harder to decode the 5.1 sound to divx? I recently downloaded a free movie that was decoded in 5.1 sound and it's so much better on my 5300's
 
It's definitely possible, but it takes up way more space for a DD 5.1 track than a 2-channel MP3 one, which is why most don't do it I think.
 
Originally posted by: Remy XO
Is it that much harder to decode the 5.1 sound to divx? I recently downloaded a free movie that was decoded in 5.1 sound and it's so much better on my 5300's
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Quoted for posterity.

edit: I think your question was answered - it's to save space.
 
So many clever people in here. But yeah, I recently watched Kingdom of Heaven that was 700mb, perfect video quality with perfect 5.1 surround. I dont think 5.1 surround takes much more to encode.
 
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
It's definitely possible, but it takes up way more space for a DD 5.1 track than a 2-channel MP3 one, which is why most don't do it I think.
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It doesn't take much more, heck, if you used ogg it'd probably be in the same ballpark.
 
Originally posted by: Merlyn3D
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
It's definitely possible, but it takes up way more space for a DD 5.1 track than a 2-channel MP3 one, which is why most don't do it I think.
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It doesn't take much more, heck, if you used ogg it'd probably be in the same ballpark.
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Indeed. Good quality 5.1 audio need not be AC3. 🙂
 
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