Coding Format

Channel Count and Typical Channel Configurations

Dolby E

1 to 8 (e.g. 4 x Stereo 2.0, Surround 5.1 + 2.0, 5.1) hardware-coding

Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX

1 to 7 (Mono, Stereo, 5.1, 6.1), software-coding

Dolby Digital Plus

1 to 8 (Mono, Stereo, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1), software-coding

Dolby True HD (MLP)

1 to 8 (Mono, Stereo, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1), software-coding, lossless process

Dolby Surround & ProLogic (II/IIx)

4:2:4 (4.0) to 5:2:5 (5.1), hardware-coding, downmixing to Lt/Rt or Lo/Ro

DTS, also DTS ES and DTS96/24

1 to 7 (Mono, Stereo, 5.1, 6.1), software-coding

DTS HD High Resolution

1 to 8 (Mono, Stereo, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1), software-coding

DTS HD Master Audio

1 to 8 (Mono, Stereo, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1), software-coding, lossless process

DTS Neural Surround

5:2:5 (5.1) phase corrected, ProLogic compatible hardware-coding, Lt/Rt

Windows Media Audio & Video

1 to 6 (Mono, Stereo, 5.1), software-coding, also with video (SD, HD)

Quicktime Audio & Video

1 to 8 (Mono, Stereo, 5.1, 7.1), software-coding, also with video (SD, HD)

FLAC, WMAL, Apple Lossless

1 to 6 (Mono, Stereo, 5.1),  software-coding, lossless processes

MP3, MP3Surround, MPEG 1 L2, L3

1 to 6 (Mono, Stereo, 5.1),  efficient data reduction, software-coding

For each format ENCODING, DECODING and TRANSCODING is available.