One way to get simple and configurable audio is to have a matrix-mixer.
Example: mix a 2-channel old movie to the correct center mono. Adhere to
Academy rules, which is 3-channel mix.
output channels input channels left right center left
0.5
right
0.5
center
surr left
surr right
back left
back lright
LFE
silence
silence
mix
Example: an ordinary 2-channel stereo to 5.1 without any mixing.
output channels input channels left right center surr left surr right LFE
left 1
right
1
center
surr left
surr right
back left
back lright
LFE
mix mix silence silence silence silence
It might be good to grey out or not draw the input channels that are not
available.
With this it can also be possible to do matrix-decoding from 2-channel
sources.
/Adam Klotblixt