use "-joint_stereo 0" option for ffmpeg. Note that placing order is important.
On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 8:06 PM Alan Corey <alan01...@gmail.com> wrote: > New to the list, I've used ffmpeg for years on video files. But I got > from a torrent a bunch of classical wma files which not much in Linux > can deal with. So I did the basic > ffmpeg -i somefile.wma somefile.mp3 > And it works, but mpg123 tells me the file is joint stereo. It's > quite possible the wma files are joint stereo, I don't know anything > about them, but when I convert a flac file (to wav then mp3) I can at > least nominally output true stereo. Maybe it doesn't actually > accomplish anything but I call LAME with -m s. Is that possible with > ffmpeg? How? Do I need to get into channel mapping? > > Joint stereo I remember from the early days of fm stereo that had to > also be playable on mono radios. Better than mono but not as good as > true stereo. > > Alan > > -- > ------------- > Education is contagious. > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-user mailing list > ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". > _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
