Multichannel LPCM audio playback Options

[arnymars]

Can someone suggest soft audio or media player that can directly play 5.1 LPCM audio? Pls don't tell that any player can, because in my experience NONE can. What plugins should I use to enable Foobar2000 play 5.1 LPCM?

Also, what utility can show media info data of a multichannel LPCM file? I tried MediaInfo and Gspot - they can't show any info about LPCM file.

What Media Server can transcode 5.1 Flac to 5.1 LPCM, and stream it to a Samsung BD Player over LAN?

This post has been edited by arnymars: Jun 1 2012, 06:21

[arnymars]

Audacity allows to import multichannel raw files, and if imported with correct manually entered parameters, it will play fine most such files. I also know of some video players like VLC and Daum PotPlayer that claim to play multichannel LPCM - possibly only when muxed with video, assuming such mux carries some info about audio. It looks like an impossible task to find such an audio player. Of course, one can transcode LPCM to WAV, but the task was to stream LPCM from an audio player to a BD Player connected to an A/V Receiver for playback. And supported by streaming content renderers DLNA protocol only supports lossless LPCM, I should say only its .l16 44100\16\2 variety.

This post has been edited by arnymars: Jun 8 2012, 04:28