FFMpeg : List of working sample formats per format and encoder.

[alexander121]

Hello,
i have done some tests and i created a list with the working sample formats per format and encoder in FFmpeg.

Here it is :

(Updated on 08.02.2015)

MP3 - MPEG Layer 3 Audio - Libmp3lame
sample_fmt="s16p,s32p,fltp"

AAC - Advanced Audio Coding - AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
sample_fmt="fltp"

OGG - Ogg Vorbis Audio - Libvorbis
sample_fmt="fltp"

OGG - Ogg Vorbis Audio - Vorbis
sample_fmt="fltp"

WMA - Windows Media Audio - Windows Media Audio 2
sample_fmt="fltp"

WMA - Windows Media Audio - Windows Media Audio 1
sample_fmt="fltp"

OPUS - Opus Interactive Audio Codec - Opus (Opus Interactive Audio Codec)
sample_fmt="s16,flt"

RA - RealAudio 1.0 - RealAudio 1.0 (14.4K)
sample_fmt="s16,s16p"

MP2 - MPEG audio layer 2 - mp2
sample_fmt="s16"

MP2 - MPEG audio layer 2 - libtwolame
sample_fmt="s16,flt,s16p,fltp"

AC3 - Dolby Digital - ac3
sample_fmt="fltp"

AC3 - Dolby Digital - ac3_fixed
sample_fmt="s16p"

EAC3 - Dolby Digital Plus - eac3
sample_fmt="fltp"

DTS-DCA - (DTS Coherent Acoustics) - dca
sample_fmt="s32"

AMR - Adaptive Multi-Rate Audio Codec - AMR-NB (Adaptive Multi-Rate NarrowBand)
sample_fmt="s16,s16p"

AMR-WB - Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband - AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi-Rate WideBand
sample_fmt="s16,s16p"

SPX - Speex - spx
sample_fmt="s16"

iLBC - (Internet Low Bitrate Codec) - libilbc
sample_fmt="s16,s16p"

FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec - FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
sample_fmt="s16,s32"

ALAC - (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) - ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)
sample_fmt="s16p,s32p"

WV - Wavpack - Wavpack
sample_fmt="u8p,s16p,s32p,fltp"

WV - Wavpack - Libwavpack
sample_fmt="s32"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM A-law  G.711 A-law
sample_fmt="s16"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM mu-law  G.711 mu-law
sample_fmt="s16"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM 32-bit floating point big-endian
sample_fmt="flt"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM 32-bit floating point little-endian
sample_fmt="flt"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM 64-bit floating point big-endian
sample_fmt="dbl"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM 64-bit floating point little-endian
sample_fmt="dbl"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM signed 16-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s16"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM signed 16-bit big-endian planar
sample_fmt="s16p"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM signed 16-bit little-endian
sample_fmt="s16"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM signed 16-bit little-endian planar
sample_fmt="s16p"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM signed 24-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM D-Cinema audio signed 24-bit
sample_fmt="s16"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM signed 24-bit little-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM signed 24-bit little-endian planar
sample_fmt="s32p"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM signed 32-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM signed 32-bit little-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM signed 32-bit little-endian planar
sample_fmt="s32p"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM signed 8-bit
sample_fmt="u8"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM signed 8-bit planar
sample_fmt="u8p"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM unsigned 16-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s16"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM unsigned 16-bit little-endian
sample_fmt="s16"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM unsigned 24-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM unsigned 24-bit little-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM unsigned 32-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM unsigned 32-bit little-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

WAV - Waveform Audio - PCM unsigned 8-bit
sample_fmt="u8"

WAV - Waveform Audio - SEGA CRI ADX ADPCM
sample_fmt="s16"

WAV - Waveform Audio - G.722 ADPCM
sample_fmt=""

WAV - Waveform Audio - G.726 ADPCM
sample_fmt=""

WAV - Waveform Audio - ADPCM IMA QuickTime
sample_fmt="s16p"

WAV - Waveform Audio - ADPCM IMA WAV
sample_fmt="s16p"

WAV - Waveform Audio - ADPCM Microsoft
sample_fmt="s16"

WAV - Waveform Audio - ADPCM Shockwave Flash
sample_fmt=""

WAV - Waveform Audio - ADPCM Yamaha
sample_fmt="s16"

WAV - Waveform Audio - MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
sample_fmt="s16p,s32p,fltp"

WAV - Waveform Audio - GSM Microsoft variant
sample_fmt=""

CAF - Core Audio Format - PCM A-law  G.711 A-law
sample_fmt="s16"

CAF - Core Audio Format - PCM mu-law  G.711 mu-law
sample_fmt="s16"

CAF - Core Audio Format - PCM 32-bit floating point big-endian
sample_fmt="flt"

CAF - Core Audio Format - PCM 32-bit floating point little-endian
sample_fmt="flt"

CAF - Core Audio Format - PCM 64-bit floating point big-endian
sample_fmt="dbl"

CAF - Core Audio Format - PCM 64-bit floating point little-endian
sample_fmt="dbl"

CAF - Core Audio Format - PCM signed 16-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s16"

CAF - Core Audio Format - PCM signed 16-bit little-endian
sample_fmt="s16"

CAF - Core Audio Format - PCM signed 24-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

CAF - Core Audio Format - PCM signed 24-bit little-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

CAF - Core Audio Format - PCM signed 32-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

CAF - Core Audio Format - PCM signed 32-bit little-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

CAF - Core Audio Format - PCM signed 8-bit
sample_fmt="u8"

CAF - Core Audio Format - ADPCM IMA QuickTime
sample_fmt="s16p"

CAF - Core Audio Format - ADPCM IMA WAV
sample_fmt="s16p"

CAF - Core Audio Format - ADPCM Microsoft
sample_fmt="s16"

CAF - Core Audio Format - MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
sample_fmt="s16p,s32p,fltp"

AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format - PCM A-law  G.711 A-law
sample_fmt="s16"

AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format - PCM mu-law  G.711 mu-law
sample_fmt="s16"

AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format - PCM 32-bit floating point big-endian
sample_fmt="flt"

AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format - PCM 64-bit floating point big-endian
sample_fmt="dbl"

AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format - PCM signed 16-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s16"

AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format - PCM signed 16-bit little-endian
sample_fmt="s16"

AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format - PCM signed 24-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format - PCM signed 32-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format - PCM signed 8-bit
sample_fmt="u8"

AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format - PCM unsigned 8-bit
sample_fmt="u8"

AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format - ADPCM IMA QuickTime
sample_fmt="s16p"

AU - SUN AU Format - PCM A-law  G.711 A-law
sample_fmt="s16"

AU - SUN AU Format - PCM mu-law  G.711 mu-law
sample_fmt="s16"

AU - SUN AU Format - PCM 32-bit floating point big-endian
sample_fmt="flt"

AU - SUN AU Format - PCM 64-bit floating point big-endian
sample_fmt="dbl"

AU - SUN AU Format - PCM signed 16-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s16"

AU - SUN AU Format - PCM signed 24-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

AU - SUN AU Format - PCM signed 32-bit big-endian
sample_fmt="s32"

AU - SUN AU Format - PCM signed 8-bit
sample_fmt="u8"