about the 4 channels: they are 4 channels of audio to be played back by a quad 
set-up.. In fact they are decoded from a b-format recording, but what I want to 
release is a quad version of the piece. 

as I mentioned I cannot consider wav/aiff and other lossless options because of 
their size. 

So what I understand from this discussion is that I can use 

mp3 / flac / AC3 or DTS

and that more or less they will be ok with most recent players, right ?

so another question arises, 
how can I create an interleaved file in each case ? what encoders are available 
and what are the easiest/cheapest options ??

can sox do the job ?

m

On 25 Nov 2011, at 20:53, Aaron Heller wrote:

> Marinos Koutsomichalis <[email protected]> wrote:
>> but still I' m not quite sure about the most important issue:
>> which is the most 'common' file-format for such things ?
> 
> In terms of installed base of players, AC3 and DTS are the most common
> formats for delivery of surround audio.  VLC player can decode either
> one, as can the DVD playing software preinstalled on many PCs.
> Ambisonia and Nimbus have distributed 4-channel G-format ('speaker
> feed') files in DTS-WAV format, which is DTS encoded audio in a
> RIFF/WAV wrapper that can be burnt to a CD and played in most home
> theater setups.  Judging form the limited statistics I had access to
> and the comments on the site, many people downloaded, played
> successfully, and enjoyed the DTS-WAV files distributed on Ambisonia.
> If you need help with any of this, feel free to ask.
> 
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