Possible to play Dolby Atmos music files?

[steven005140]

Hey, is it possible to play the Dolby Atmos music files (extensions usually end with .m4a and .mp4, and they contan 5.1 channels)

I got some Dolby Atmos music files but Poweramp fails to play them 

Do I have to change some settings to play them??

[andrewilley]

PA can only handle stereo audio, it is not designed for multi-track files. Some formats may work (depends on ffmpeg compatibility I guess) but will either be downmixed to stereo or just the Front-L and Front-R channels will be used. I think Dolby Atmos is a proprietary format (like DTS etc) so probably would not work without a licencing arrangement and required fees. Max could confirm that though.

Andre