Codec ID: A_PCM/INT/LIT instead A_MS/ACM

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tebasuna51
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Codec ID: A_PCM/INT/LIT instead A_MS/ACM

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Please use the Codec ID: A_PCM/INT/LIT when create mkv tracks from PCM bluray tracks, instead A_MS/ACM.

Many demuxers work fine with A_MS/ACM but MkvExtract reject that Codec ID to extract WAV/W64 files, and I think the reference must be the MkvToolNix tools.

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dcoke22
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Re: Codec ID: A_PCM/INT/LIT instead A_MS/ACM

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I was curious about this, so I searched through all of my rips. Some of them do have the Codec ID: A_PCM/INT/LIT, but others have the A_MS/ACM.

All the rips I have with the Codec ID: A_PCM/INT/LIT all seem to be for audio tracks that are either mono or stereo. The multichannel tracks have the other codec ID.
tebasuna51
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Re: Codec ID: A_PCM/INT/LIT instead A_MS/ACM

Post by tebasuna51 »

You are right, with mono or stereo files we don't need know the ChannelMask of the PCM data, with multichannel we need the A_MS/ACM Codec Private data to store that info.

Maybe the correct behaviour is remain using A_MS/ACM and improve other soft begining by mkvmerge and mkvextract.

I write to MKVToolNix developper about this: https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php? ... ost1966534
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