8 channel tracks do not properly play

[LayerConclusion22]

8 channel tracks do not properly play in MusicBee.

At first I thought it was an issue with my pc but playing the same couple of 8 channel tracks I have in foobar confirmed this is an issue with MusicBee.

It's as if only 2 channels are played out of the 8. I've had a look in the settings but nothing in them seem to be able to fix this.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

[LayerConclusion22]

Bump

[Zak]

To pre-empt some questions:

* What output mode are you using?
* What format are the files in?

It may also help if you can upload one of the problem files somewhere.

Also, see if this is relevant:

https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=35548.msg194413#msg194413

[LayerConclusion22]

To pre-empt some questions:

* What output mode are you using?
* What format are the files in?

Hi, thanks for the reply.

1) Output mode is WASAPI (Shared)
2) Files are in WAV and FLAC (WAV originally, converted to FLAC, tried both)

It may also help if you can upload one of the problem files somewhere.

Also, see if this is relevant:

https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=35548.msg194413#msg194413

After reading the thread you linked I tried WASAPI (Exclusive) and that does allow to play them correctly (thank you!), but this results in not being able to use the audio for anything else whilst MusicBee is playing which is not what I want.

foobar2000 can play multichannel audio in non-exclusive mode, why wouldn't MusicBee be able to do the same?

[sveakul]

Have you tried using DirectSound as the output choice?

https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=35548.msg204001#msg204001

[LayerConclusion22]

Have you tried using DirectSound as the output choice?

https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=35548.msg204001#msg204001

Hi, yes I have and unfortunately it's the same result.

[The Incredible Boom Boom]

Bumping for further consideration from @Steven.

[LayerConclusion22]

As a temp solution, you can use foobar2000 to convert the 8ch tracks to stereo by using the "Downmix channels to stereo" DSP when converting. Then MusicBee will play the previous 8ch now 2ch tracks correctly with WASAP (Shared)