Re: [FFmpeg-user] FFMPEG for encoding to Multichannel ALAC

2015-01-19 Thread Moritz Barsnick
Hi Rashed, On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 17:53:44 +0530, Rashed wrote: > C:\AudioTools\ALAC>ffmpeg -i pcmfile_48k_16bit_5.1.wav -acodec alac -ac 6 > out.m4a What happens if you omit "-ac 6"? > Output #0, ipod, to 'out.m4a': > Metadata: > encoder : Lavf56.19.100 > Stream #0:0: Audio:

Re: [FFmpeg-user] FFMPEG for encoding to Multichannel ALAC

2015-01-19 Thread Rashed
Sorry, just subscribed to this list. C:\AudioTools\ALAC>ffmpeg -i pcmfile_48k_16bit_5.1.wav -acodec alac -ac 6 out.m4a ffmpeg version N-69146-g90c9899 Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers built on Jan 19 2015 01:28:38 with gcc 4.9.2 (GCC) configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3

Re: [FFmpeg-user] FFMPEG for encoding to Multichannel ALAC

2015-01-19 Thread Moritz Barsnick
Hi Rashed, On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 17:22:18 +0530, Rashed wrote: > I am trying to generate multichannel ALAC content using FFMPEG but somehow > is seem to be getting only up to stereo. Is this a limitation of FFMPEG or > am i doing something incorrectly. > > ffmpeg -i pcmfile_48k_16bit_5.1.wav -a

[FFmpeg-user] FFMPEG for encoding to Multichannel ALAC

2015-01-19 Thread Rashed
Hi Folks, I am trying to generate multichannel ALAC content using FFMPEG but somehow is seem to be getting only up to stereo. Is this a limitation of FFMPEG or am i doing something incorrectly. ffmpeg -i pcmfile_48k_16bit_5.1.wav -acodec alac -ac 6 out.m4a Thanks. ___