[FFmpeg-user] aconvert filter problems

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

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