LMS can apply any conversion application to a file or  stream results in
a bitstream which LMS then copies to all players.

* When playing a stream or a file LMS has to assign a file type so that
it know which conversion rules applies. 
* There can be only one filetype assigned to a specific file/stream.
* LMS will process the file/stream accordingto the filetype and the
capabilities of the player.
* For a file type conversion there can be specific rules for a specific
device - identified by MAC address.

AFAICT you want LMS to behave different depending on whether you have a
5.1 capable DAC attached to an SB box through a spdif connection.
However LMS can't tell - so you need to identify to LMS which player has
the multichannle DAC - I suggest use MAC address.

I think (not sure and haven't tested) the only way that it could happen
if you
1. Create a new filetype for your multichannel files (e.g. use a special
suffix and add to a custom-types.conf and add necessary text in
custom-strings.txt ) .
2. Create conversion rules to convert this new filetype to 2 channel for
all players
3. Have a specific rule for player with specific MAC address (the player
which has mulitchannle capable DAC attached)  which passes mulitchannle
stream through.

These additional rules are in a custom-convert.conf file.

I don't know what happens with syncing in this case - you need to do
some test to see if MAC address rule still applies within a synced group
and whether it depends on which player is "master".


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