Dolby Surround Sound isn't properly implemented

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I have a 5.1 surround sound system hooked up to my computer. In Legend of
Zelda: Majora's Mask, when selecting surround sound as the output, I can
only hear the N64 sound coming from the front 2 speakers, yet the sound
quality is worse than if it were set to stereo. This is probably because
selecting surround spilts the audio into different channels, but only the
front channels seem to be working. I know my surround sound works fine
because I have tested it in other applications. The issue is specific to mupen.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ALIENDUDE5300 on 24 Dec 2009 at 6:53

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The original N64 hardware had no hardware output put for 5.1-channel audio.  It 
only
had 2 audio output channels.  The 'surround sound' that these games used was 
the old
Dolby Pro Logic scheme:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/nintendo-wii-ds-gaming/409104-outputs-how-do-n64-
gamecube-produce-surround-sound.html

http://techforums.nintendo.com/nins/board/message?board.id=other_older&thread.id
=742

If you set you receiver to "Pro Logic" mode then you will be getting the best 
that
these games have to offer.

Original comment by richard...@gmail.com on 14 Jan 2010 at 5:34

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