Re: [LAU] convert 24 bit flac files to 16?

I think that'll do it, Paul.

Thanks.

Just out of curiosity, what does sox do that ffmpeg doesn't?

Never used it before....

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Paul Remmers <p.remmers@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> On Sunday 17 April 2011 23:16:11 Aaron L. wrote:
> > I'm sure this is an easy one but I thought I'd ask here first.....
> >
> > I've got a bunch of 24 bit flac files that I'd like to convert to 16 bit
> in
> > order to play them on my Android phone.
> >
> > I'm not totally sure how they've been encoded to 24 bit (I must've done
> > that at some point but I don't remember when/how).
> >
> > Also, I've noticed that a bunch of them are also "multi-channeled".
> >
> > How in the world did they get that way? I've never recorded anything but
> > to 2 channels so the fact that I have a few flac files that have "8
> > channels" seems really weird.
> >
> > So, really, I'd like to be able to knock down the bit rate from 24 to 16
> > and also put these into stereo as well.
> >
> > Command line and/or gui is fine.
> >
> > Any input is much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -Aaron
>
> Hello,
>
> sox -b 24 input.flac -b 16 -c 2 output.flac
>
> might get you there
>
> Thanks
> Paul
>

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