[FFmpeg-user] aconvert filter problems

Carl Eugen Hoyos cehoyos at ag.or.at
Mon Oct 15 10:16:15 CEST 2012


Davy Durham <ddurham <at> davyandbeth.com> writes:

> Perhaps what is happening is the output codec for wav 
> is defaulting to pcm_s16le and it is automatically 
> converting it from float back to s16.

Yes, there is not one pcm codec that supports all raw 
audio-formats, but each format has its own codec, see:
$ ffmpeg -encoders|grep \ pcm

The default codec for wav is pcm_s16le.

Carl Eugen



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