Mp3 over surround

[Shmeal]

Hey, I was wondering if there was any way to play normal mp3 files over surround sound systems. Is this at all possible?

[dmitriylm]

Yeah....you pipe the output from your soundcard (whether coax, optical, or individual channel outs) into your surround sound receiver and let it work its magic. You can also feed a stand alone MP3 player into your receiver and achieve the same result.

[morphine]

Just plug in the cables

Note: you won't magically get output from channels other than the front left and front right, as music is simply 2-channel stereo. However, in the receiver that you're using, you probably have a "matrix" mode or something similar, that will allow you to copy the sound from the front speakers to the rear/side/center/etc as you choose.

[Nitrodist]

In foobar2000 you can convert stereo to 4 channels.