• toynbee@piefed.social
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    18 hours ago

    Not sure if it’s still true, but YouTube used to only support 2.1 audio output.

    In that timeframe, my compatriots were not aware of this and several of them upgraded their home theaters to 5.1 or better.

    For some reason, the myriad videos on YouTube claiming to help you test your 5.1 setup never seemed to get the results they wanted …

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        6 hours ago

        YouTube may support 5.1, but nobody utilizes it. When watching YouTube on my TV. I literally never hear anything playing from any speaker channels other than left, right, and subwoofer. (I have a 5.1.4 setup.)

        I’ve confirmed that 5.1 and Dolby Atmos works in other apps (even the ones I use for piracy, like Stremio and Kodi), so it’s not my TV.

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        15 hours ago

        Thanks for a link I can try later; I actually just got 5.1 and so far the only thing we’ve heard is… weirdly, kids songs (which does indeed enrapture our 3yo).

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          7 hours ago

          You can always add a second subwoofer, assuming your hardware supports it. The second one is just going to mirror the other.