MP3 to WAV using FFmpeg

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Main Page > Documentation > Format-specific preservation plans > MPEG-1 Audio, Layer 3 > MP3 to WAV using FFmpeg

  • Used Sample.mp3 from http://www.nch.com.au/acm/formats.html
  • Used the the following command to convert the file: ffmpeg -i sample.mp3 sample.wav
  • Some of the metadata in this table are taken from the FFmpeg metadata that were generated during conversion. These are indicated by FFmpeg in brackets next to the value.
Property Original Normalized
Codec MPEG 1 Audio, Layer 3 (MP3) pcm_s16le (FFmpeg log file); PCM audio in integer format (FITS); Microsoft PCM (FITS)
Size 35952 bytes 783404 bytes
Duration 4.44 s 4.44 s
Channels 2 2
Bitrate 64 kpb/s (FFmpeg) 1411 kpb/s (FFmpeg)
SampleRate 44100 HZ 44100 HZ
BitDepth 16 (FFmpeg); 64 (FITS - appears to be incorrect) 16