On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Chris Wilson <cwilso@google.com> wrote: > Chris and I had a few conversations about this a while ago. I think my > simplistic summary of that was "it is probably ration to assume that a > 2-channel layout is stereo. Any other layout, the user should probably > have to tell us that." It's quite possible that 8-channel device is a 7.1 > surround device; but it's just as likely that it's simply an 8-channel i/o > device, plugged in to my mixer. > Is it really "just as likely"? Given we have to have defaults, our defaults need to match the most likely configurations. Is 7.1 so rare that a browser user is no more likely to have 7.1 than some other 8-channel setup? I know that most people on this list are audio professionals, but let's not lose sight of the fact that 99.999% of users (and 99.9% of Web developers) are not. Rob -- Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave — just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” [Matthew 20:25-28]
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