AIFF to WAV using FFmpeg

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  • File used was from an unprocessed archival fonds
  • Used the following command to convert the file: ffmpeg -i file.aif file.wav


Property Original Normalized
Codec PCM PCM
Size 35,767,444 bytes 35,766,976 bytes
Duration 03:06:28 03:06:28
Channels 2 2
Channel mapping channelNum="0" mapLocation="LEFT", channelNum="1" mapLocation="RIGHT" channelNum="0" mapLocation="LEFT", channelNum="1" mapLocation="RIGHT"
SampleRate 48000 HZ 48000 HZ
BitDepth 16 16