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Old 10-31-2021, 11:49 AM
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Default Re: 5.1 Meter

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Originally Posted by devinemke View Post
this is a long running issue with Pro Tools. as you may be aware, there are (at least) two 5.1 surround channel ordering conventions:

Film: L C R Ls Rs LFE
SMPTE: L R C LFE Ls Rs

as you might expect, the Film industry uses the Film standard, the TV industry uses the SMPTE standard.

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This is one of the reasons why you NEVER deliver 5.1 interleaved files, always separate, discrete, clearly labeled files for each channel. An interleaved 5.1 file will almost certainly be played out the wrong channels somewhere down the chain.
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