Media Center even has an Audio setup in which the end user configures the audio configuration to either Stereo, 5.1, or 7.1 yet music is still output over only two channels! In order for this to happen, WMP/WMC would need to "up mix" the stereo signal to take full advantage of my physical speaker configuration (as specified in my Windows' Playback Devices configuration, which Windows is able to discern from the capabilities of When I playĢ-channel music (MP3s, WMAs, etc.) from Windows Media Player (WMP) and Windows Media Center (WMC) both in Windows 7 and Windows 8, I only hear music from the left and right main speakers, *not* the subwoofer not the rear surround speakers. My home theater PC outputs to my home theater receiver (which is a 2012-model Sony 5.1/7.1 receiver) via HDMI. ![]() My audio content (MP3s, WMAs, etc.) are of course all 2-channel stereo format (left channel, right channel). Please consider this for a future update and/or the next version of Windows.įeature Request: "Ability to Configure Stereo Up-Mix Capability in Windows Media Center and/or Windows Media Player from 2-channel Stereo to 5.1/7.1 Surround so Stereo MP3/WMA audio files output to *all* speakers in my system, not just the left and ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a feature that I had strongly hoped would make it to Media Center in Windows 8, but didn't.
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