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Is the surround sound option available with the films I rented or downloaded?

  • Created April 13, 2018
  • Author Olivier Lamothe
  • Category Digital Downloads, Viewing films online

No. Most multimedia players cannot decode 5.1 multi-channel sound. When this format will be widely available, we will update our files accordingly.

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