Converting 5.1ch audio track to stereo - do I need to use the audio channel remapper filter?
Posted: 13 Mar 2020 16:46
I've got a 5.1ch surround sound track (AAC) from a movie that I want to convert to a stereo track (to AAC at about 192kbps) for watching on my phone. Now I downloaded the movie video and audio tracks as separate files (eg 2160p video in one MP4 file and 5.1ch audio in another) and so I thought converting the audio to a stereo track in VLC would be the easiest way to do it before I muxed them together into the final files (I have both 2160p & 1080p video tracks and want a file with 2160p + surround sound to watch on my TV and then a 1080p + stereo file for watching on my phone/tablet).
But I just wanted to ask if I needed to use the audio channel remapper filter when setting the profile for converting or whether just setting the number of audio channels to 2 would suffice. I've searched and can't find a description of what the filter specifically does or what it's intended use is for so wanted to ask and see if anybody could tell me
Thank you
But I just wanted to ask if I needed to use the audio channel remapper filter when setting the profile for converting or whether just setting the number of audio channels to 2 would suffice. I've searched and can't find a description of what the filter specifically does or what it's intended use is for so wanted to ask and see if anybody could tell me
Thank you