JRiver Adds Support For 5.1.4 and 7.1.4 Immersive Playback

This is a really cool development in JRiver Media Center. Technically it has always been possible to play 5.1.4 and 7.1.4 ten and twelve channel files in JRMC, but the channel mapping was easily messed up with music over eight channels. 

Now, selecting 5.1.4 for ten channels or 7.1.4 for twelve channel playback works perfectly! 

The easiest way to notice the difference is to play a ten channel file on a twelve channel system. These files are for sale from Spirit of Turtle records as 5.1.4 DXD studio masters, and they sound fantastic. Previously, the channels of the album would be placed in channels 1 through 10, leaving channels 11. and 12 empty. However, that isn't correct because it places two height channels in the rear channels. A space needs to be added for channels 5, and 6 to make playback correct. The new JRMC config options do just that. It's really nice. 

From the change log:

"28. Changed: 10 channel is now 5.1.4 and 12 channel is 7.1.4.  JRSS does not currently fill the height channels."

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,139663.0.html

You can see the option here and the output on my playback system in the bottom screenshot.