From 99b50d99c43a3f4ca05cfe19405bfd7d16245307 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Burrows <neil.burrows@nvable.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 17:50:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allowing transcoding to 5.1ch if appropriate output connected

---
 source/VideoPlayer.brs | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/VideoPlayer.brs b/source/VideoPlayer.brs
index 44ac94ab..c555457e 100644
--- a/source/VideoPlayer.brs
+++ b/source/VideoPlayer.brs
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ function getTranscodeParameters(meta as object)
   else
     audioCodec = "aac"
     audioChannels = 2
+
+    ' If 5.1 Audio Output is connected then allow transcoding to 5.1
+    di = CreateObject("roDeviceInfo")
+    if di.GetAudioOutputChannel() = "5.1 surround" then
+      audioChannels = 6
+    end if
   end if
   return {
     "VideoCodec": "h264",