Fluke doesn't support multichannel FLACs well

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. open a multichannel FLAC audio file with Fluke
2. play it back in iTunes
3. convert with iTunes into Apple Lossless

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
5.1 should be played back as 5.1 before conversion, and as a result of 
conversion I should get 5.1 file.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.2.5

Please provide any additional information below.
Multichannel music on Mac is pain. I tried converting FLACs into variety of 
formats, but once I succeed, after importing it to iTunes, it downmixes the 
file or doesn't open it...

MPD, Cog, Songbird, Clementine - they work very well.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jakub.ru...@gmail.com on 19 Apr 2011 at 1:00

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Have you tried converting the FLAC file into .m4a using MAX? This works great 
for me, and got 5.1 playback on iTunes. Unfortunately, MAX has worked only on 
files I've downloaded. 

It hasn't worked for AC3 (dolby) 5.1 files that I demuxed from an audio DVD. 
The only program I've been able to find that seems to convert the AC3 file with 
the surround sound in place is xrecode II. xrecode II SEEMS to convert the AC3 
files into FLAC, m4a, etc. (Most programs I've found decode 5.1 files to 2.0 
files, or won't play back on iTunes at all!). However, when I import the iTunes 
compatible file (either: AC3->WAV/m4a, or AC3->FLAC->WAV/m4a) iTunes plays it 
back as stereo 2.0 PCM. This is weird because the imported/converted files show 
up as "Multi" channel "low complexity" files; even VLC won't play back the 
converted files as 5.1 files even though it lists it as 5.1 files. (VLC plays 
back the original AC3 file perfectly fine.)
Let me know if anyone has a suggestion to my problem.

Anyway, try MAX and see if that works for you. 

Original comment by agon...@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2011 at 1:27