[FFmpeg-user] EAC3 codec not supported in WAVE

[Tarun singhal]

On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos at ag.or.at> wrote:

> Tarun singhal <tsinghal18 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I understand that WAV is uncompressed audio format
> > and typically PCM is used as audio codec.
>
> (typically?)
>
> > But I was trying this command and stumble upon following error-
>
> > ffmpeg -i aud_track1.mp4 -acodec eac3 out.wav
>
> > So my question is  - Is this issue limitation of
> > FFmpeg or limitation of WAV container itself.
>
> It is not a limitation of the wav container but of
> Dolby and Microsoft not defining a twocc or a GUID
> (afaik).
>
> Carl Eugen
>
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Many thanks for your response, By Typically, I meant while exploring WAV, I
found that WAV is generally used for Uncompressed Audio, But it also
supports some compressed audio codecs.

Regarding -> Dolby and Microsoft not defining a twocc or a GUID, Will it be
possible you can share some reference URL which I can read out and
understand this issue better

Thanks,
Tarun