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The commandline for converting any readable input file to a WAVE audio file is the following:
 
The commandline for converting any readable input file to a WAVE audio file is the following:
  
   <span style="color:grey">vlc</span> -I dummy -vvv <span style="color:green">"input.mp3"</span> --sout=#transcode{acodec=<span style="color:red">s16l</span>,channels=2,ab=<span style="color:purple">128</span>,samplerate=44100}:standard{access=file,mux=wav,dst=<span style="color:blue">"output.wav"</span>} vlc://quit
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   {{font colour|grey|vlc}} -I dummy -vvv {{font colour|green|"input.mp3"}} --sout=#transcode{acodec={{font colour|red|s16l}},channels=2,ab={{font colour|purple|128}},samplerate=44100}:standard{access=file,mux=wav,dst={{font colour|blue|"output.wav"}}} vlc://quit
  
Where on Windows you need to add installation directory in front of <span style="color:grey">vlc</span> (e.g. "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\<span style="color:grey">vlc</span>").
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Where on Windows you need to add installation directory in front of {{font colour|grey|vlc}} (e.g. "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\{{font colour|grey|vlc}}").
  
As <span style="color:red">audio codec (acodec)</span> you can specify one of the above mentioned ones. The [[bitrate]] of the output file is specified by the <span style="color:purple">ab</span> parameter.
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As {{font colour|red|audio codec (acodec)}} you can specify one of the above mentioned ones. The [[bitrate]] of the output file is specified by the {{font colour|purple|ab}} parameter.
  
 
== Source code ==
 
== Source code ==
 
{{file|modules/mux/wav.c|output muxer}}
 
{{file|modules/mux/wav.c|output muxer}}
 
{{file|modules/demux/wav.c|input demuxer}}
 
{{file|modules/demux/wav.c|input demuxer}}

Revision as of 05:02, 5 March 2019

wav
VLC can encode and decode this container.
The module name to use at the command line is wav.

WAVE is a way of storing audio, which is normally uncompressed. It is based on RIFF. Note that wav isn't a streamable audio format, so you can only stream it using RTP (to stream it otherwise, transcode it to something that's streamable).

Accepted audio codecs

  • dummy: Uncompressed audio of various types, based on storing integer values of the amplitude of the sound (see PCM).
  • fl32: Floating point 32-bit uncompressed audio, also based on PCM but allowing the values to be stored as floating point data types. This can give better quality audio when the sound becomes quiet.

Converting to WAVE

The commandline for converting any readable input file to a WAVE audio file is the following:

 vlc -I dummy -vvv "input.mp3" --sout=#transcode{acodec=s16l,channels=2,ab=128,samplerate=44100}:standard{access=file,mux=wav,dst="output.wav"} vlc://quit

Where on Windows you need to add installation directory in front of vlc (e.g. "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc").

As audio codec (acodec) you can specify one of the above mentioned ones. The bitrate of the output file is specified by the ab parameter.

Source code