Comment 40 for bug 344588

(In reply to comment #0)
> Winamp with Winamp AC3 Filter 1.01a performs better than Amarok 1.4.
> Also the very old game Starcraft has support for surround.
> Therefore please give more importance to the following:
>
> Allow DirectSound acces to Alsa, for the rear left, rear right, center and
> woofer speakers.
>
> Yes, Linux does support surround. Use "alsamixer" to deactivate the mute
> on the other speakers. Use Amarok, Totem, or their base Xine, to test surround.
> You have to go to settings, select Xine Engine and select 5.1 surround (in Xine
> you should select first "Master of the known universe" :) )
>
> I am attaching an example of a file that the Xine engine cannot play,
> but Winamp with Winamp AC3 Filter 1.01a with integrated dts support can.

did you delete the example ?

winealsa does support 6channels unoffically

http://cvs.winehq.org/patch.py?id=13407