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Users of Apple iTunes 8 lack of Dolby Surround Sound
Phones Review —
... and TV on the Apple iTunes Store.
The problem simply limits any Dolby 5.1 capable rental or purchase down to normal stereo and affects both Windows and Mac OS X, while Apple TV owners aren’t experiencing the problem and Apple are aware of the issue.
The word is that Apple knows the flaw as a “known issue” and an investigation is under way by Apple software teams; however Apple will not divulge what progress is being made or when a fix can be expected.
Source – appleinsider ...
Apple dragging its feet on iTunes Dolby 5.1 issue
Infinite Loop —
... Although movies and TV shows available on the iTunes Store aren't staggeringly expensive, they still cost money, so most of us expect them to work properly. Unfortunately, some users have been reporting problems with the Dolby 5.1-channel sound on iTunes Store purchases for a while now. As noted by AppleInsider, the lack of 5.1-channel sound in purchases appears to be due to some sort of encoding bug, but Apple has been very slow to respond to the issue. ...
