Some of my music uses 6+ channels. With MPV, I can hear all the channels correctly with my 2 channel headphones. With Plexamp, I cannot hear those extra channels, resulting in the music sounding super weird.
Here’s a recording of the issue. Obviously, that doesn’t sound right. Here’s the mediainfo of the file I’m playing:
General
Complete name : 11 - Bohemian Rhapsody.flac
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
File size : 328 MiB
Duration : 5 min 54 s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 7 774 kb/s
Album : A Night At The Opera
Track name : Bohemian Rhapsody
Track name/Position : 11
Track name/Total : 12
Performer : Queen
Composer : Freddie Mercury
Genre : Rock
Recorded date : 1975
Cover : Yes
Cover type : Cover (front)
Cover MIME : image/jpeg
Comment : High Fidelity Pure Audio (2013) 24/96 5.1 Ch
Audio
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
Duration : 5 min 54 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 7 773 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate : 96.0 kHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossless
Stream size : 328 MiB (100%)
Writing library : libFLAC 1.3.0 (UTC 2013-05-26)
I’m running Plexamp on Arch Linux with Pulseaudio/ALSA. I have not done any modifications to how they work so I doubt it’s a configuration issue on my end.
