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Previously, there was no special code to convert stereo to multi-channel. The generic solution for this was to convert to mono, and then copy the result to all channels. That's a pretty bad solution, but at least something which always renders audio. MPD does something, instead of failing. Now that MPD has proper support for multi-channel (by defining the channel order), we can do better than that. It is a (somewhat) common case to play back stereo music on a DAC which can only do multi-channel. The best approach here is to copy the stereo channels to front-left and front-right, and apply the "silence" pattern to all other channels.
Music Player Daemon
A daemon for playing music of various formats. Music is played through the server's audio device. The daemon stores info about all available music, and this info can be easily searched and retrieved. Player control, info retrieval, and playlist management can all be managed remotely.
For basic installation information see the INSTALL file.
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MPD is released under the GNU General Public License version 2, which is distributed in the COPYING file.