Audiovisual Dictionary
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Dolby Surround (also known as Dolby Stereo, Dolby 4: 2: 4 Matrix) has four-channel analog audio coding: left, center, right, surround (LCRS), on two channels mentioned as Right Total and Left Total (Rt, Lt).
The Dolby Surround system, born for the cinema, is a method to obtain more audio channels with fewer tracks.
A Dolby Surround track can be carried by analog audio or linear PCM, Dolby Digital and MPEG compression systems.