[FFmpeg-trac] #4608(avcodec:new): Support eight-channel e-ac-3 decoding

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#4608: Support eight-channel e-ac-3 decoding
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               Reporter:  cehoyos      |                  Owner:
                   Type:  enhancement  |                 Status:  new
               Priority:  wish         |              Component:  avcodec
                Version:  git-master   |               Keywords:  eac3
             Blocked By:               |               Blocking:
Reproduced by developer:  0            |  Analyzed by developer:  0
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 The sample 7_pt_1.eac3 in http://samples.ffmpeg.org/A-codecs/AC3/eac3/ has
 a 7.1 channel layout but libavcodec only decodes it as 5.1.
 {{{
 $ ffmpeg -i 7_pt_1.eac3
 ffmpeg version N-72808-gb58a3c8 Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg
 developers
   built with gcc 4.7 (SUSE Linux)
   configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libopenjpeg
   libavutil      54. 27.100 / 54. 27.100
   libavcodec     56. 41.100 / 56. 41.100
   libavformat    56. 36.100 / 56. 36.100
   libavdevice    56.  4.100 / 56.  4.100
   libavfilter     5. 16.101 /  5. 16.101
   libswscale      3.  1.101 /  3.  1.101
   libswresample   1.  2.100 /  1.  2.100
   libpostproc    53.  3.100 / 53.  3.100
 [eac3 @ 0x29a33e0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be
 inaccurate
 Input #0, eac3, from '7_pt_1.eac3':
   Duration: 00:02:48.88, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 929 kb/s
     Stream #0:0: Audio: eac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 930 kb/s
 At least one output file must be specified
 }}}

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