Devoloping tips for next version
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Devoloping tips for next version
Why not put a encoder for ac3 2ch or 5.1 dont your choice and why dont you support 5.1 wave.
It would be also very fun when you could put 6 channel support to save it.
It would be also very fun when you could put 6 channel support to save it.
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Re: Devoloping tips for next version
There are no plans to add multichannel support in GoldWave for now.
Many multichannel sound formats are patented, making them impractical to include in GoldWave.
Chris
Many multichannel sound formats are patented, making them impractical to include in GoldWave.
Chris
I Want My 5.1 Surround!
I Want My 5.1 Surround!
OK, no encoder/decoder. But, how about 6-chanel wave support?
I assume that adding 6 channel wave support would not involve any patent/licensing issues... Right?
With 5.1 AC-3 encoders suddenly becoming economical*, I'm probably going to want a good 5.1 (wave) editor sometime in the near future. I'd really hate to "leave Goldwave behind" after all these happy years.
I've been playing around with video editing for a few months. Whenever I need to edit/process the audio portion, I'll work with PCM (wave) files... using Goldwave, of course!!! I'll let my DVD authoring software perform the AC-3 (currently 2-channel) encoding.
*Exerpt from Dolby press release:
Chris,...no plans to add multichannel support in GoldWave...
OK, no encoder/decoder. But, how about 6-chanel wave support?
I assume that adding 6 channel wave support would not involve any patent/licensing issues... Right?
With 5.1 AC-3 encoders suddenly becoming economical*, I'm probably going to want a good 5.1 (wave) editor sometime in the near future. I'd really hate to "leave Goldwave behind" after all these happy years.
I've been playing around with video editing for a few months. Whenever I need to edit/process the audio portion, I'll work with PCM (wave) files... using Goldwave, of course!!! I'll let my DVD authoring software perform the AC-3 (currently 2-channel) encoding.
*Exerpt from Dolby press release:
Doug....Studio Plus as a standalone software product with Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, a two-channel encoder, for a suggested retail price of $99. It is currently available at all major retailers. Studio Plus users may upgrade online to Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator for $9...
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Re: I Want My 5.1 Surround!
There are no plans to add support for more than 2 channels (in v5 at least). GoldWave will remain a stereo editor for now.
Chris
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Nick,
If you want to split hairs, we could go do some legwork and come up with specific percentages..but i dont think that is really the point. If it was, what would the percentage have to be to get the powers that be to take notice and make a move?
If it was one or two people, your underlying point would be valid, but there may also be many, many potential GW users who DONT use GW at all because of the lack of this technology..it's not as if 5.1 doesnt exist prominently in the world these days...
Im not here to argue or boil blood, so dont get the wrong idea..
im just a customer who would like to see some additional technology in an already great product and noticed that there is 'alot' of GW users, and non-users, who feel the same.
in most cases, when customers are asking for something, the provider at least allows for the possibility of looking into the requests. My point is that GW, at least on here, seems to discount even that and im curious as to why?
If you want to split hairs, we could go do some legwork and come up with specific percentages..but i dont think that is really the point. If it was, what would the percentage have to be to get the powers that be to take notice and make a move?
If it was one or two people, your underlying point would be valid, but there may also be many, many potential GW users who DONT use GW at all because of the lack of this technology..it's not as if 5.1 doesnt exist prominently in the world these days...
Im not here to argue or boil blood, so dont get the wrong idea..
im just a customer who would like to see some additional technology in an already great product and noticed that there is 'alot' of GW users, and non-users, who feel the same.
in most cases, when customers are asking for something, the provider at least allows for the possibility of looking into the requests. My point is that GW, at least on here, seems to discount even that and im curious as to why?
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Multichannel recording/playback is supported on a relatively small number of computers. Very few GoldWave users (probably less than 1%) are interested in multichannel support right now and some do not want the program made more complicated by adding support.
Having said that, it is very likely that GoldWave will support multichannel files in a major upgrade in the future when multichannel hardware is more widespread, but it is not planned for the near future.
Chris
Having said that, it is very likely that GoldWave will support multichannel files in a major upgrade in the future when multichannel hardware is more widespread, but it is not planned for the near future.
Chris
"Cheap computers" offered by ALDI/LIDL/etc. (German discounters, sorta like Walmart) always include at least 5.1 nowadays, sometimes even up to 7.1. Playback guaranteed, for record I suppose it is still stereo only since there is no more space for additional jacks (who needs dual microphone, anyway?)GoldWave Inc. wrote:Multichannel recording/playback is supported on a relatively small number of computers.