On-the-fly conversion to FLAC supports 24-bit data?

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paulster
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On-the-fly conversion to FLAC supports 24-bit data?

Post by paulster » Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:40 am

Now that MakeMKV supports on-the-fly conversion to FLAC format, amongst others, does it retain the full 24-bit resolution from a 24-bit LPCM source? From what I've read before FFmpeg is limited to 16-bit audio, although it's not a tool I generally use so I could well be wrong.

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Re: On-the-fly conversion to FLAC supports 24-bit data?

Post by ryanjk333 » Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:02 am

Unfortunately just 16 bit for now, because of the ffmpeg limitation, as you stated. The creator of MakeMKV confirms this at the bottom of his post here:

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http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4776#p19577
But is sounds like its just a temporary limitation, so hopefully soon we will get 24 bit support when this issue is fixed in ffmpeg.
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Re: On-the-fly conversion to FLAC supports 24-bit data?

Post by paulster » Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:43 am

D'oh! How did I miss that before?!

Thanks for setting me straight.

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Re: On-the-fly conversion to FLAC supports 24-bit data?

Post by ryanjk333 » Fri May 18, 2012 2:48 am

Well, since spam bumped this post back to the top, now might be a good time for me to ask:

Does anyone know when 24-bit flac support will be coming to MakeMKV? I understand that depends entirely on ffmpeg, but are there any estimated release dates anyone knows of for 24-bit flac support there?

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Re: On-the-fly conversion to FLAC supports 24-bit data?

Post by crowfax » Fri May 18, 2012 4:01 am

ryanjk333 wrote:I understand that depends entirely on ffmpeg
Then you should probably ask the ffmpeg developers:
http://ffmpeg.org/contact.html
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