@@ -2954,13 +2954,7 @@ static void new_audio_stream(AVFormatContext *oc)

             audio_enc->global_quality = st->quality = FF_QP2LAMBDA * audio_qscale;

         }

         audio_enc->thread_count = thread_count;

-        /* For audio codecs other than AC3 or DTS we limit */

-        /* the number of coded channels to stereo   */

-        if (audio_channels > 2 && codec_id != CODEC_ID_AC3

-            && codec_id != CODEC_ID_DTS) {

-            audio_enc->channels = 2;

-        } else

-            audio_enc->channels = audio_channels;

+        audio_enc->channels = audio_channels;

     }

     audio_enc->sample_rate = audio_sample_rate;

     audio_enc->time_base= (AVRational){1, audio_sample_rate};