How can I use ffmpeg
to isolate one channel from an audio file? I have a stereo audio file, and I need the output to be the contents of the right channel in a mono audio file.
While I'm sure it's fairly easy to do, I can't figure it out. Thanks for the help!
Answer
You have two methods:
The pan audio filter is powerful but the syntax takes some time to understand.
It is helpful to refer to the channel layouts list when using pan: ffmpeg -layouts
Stereo right channel to mono:
ffmpeg -i stereo.wav -af pan=mono|FC=FR right_mono.wav
...which is the same as:
ffmpeg -i stereo.wav -af pan=1|c0=c1 right_mono.wav
mono
is output channel layout or number of channels. Alternatively you could use1
instead ofmono
.FC=FR
create the Front Center channel of the output from the Front Right of the input.c0=c1
is the same as the above in this case: create the first (and only) channel of the mono output (c0
) from the second channel (c1
) of the input.- If you want the left channel instead use
FC=FL
orc0=c0
.
See the pan audio filter documentation for more info.
You can use the -map_channel
option. It uses pan in the background and is somewhat less flexible.
ffmpeg -i stereo.wav -map_channel 0.0.1 right_mono.wav
- The first
0
is the input file id - The next
0
is the stream specifier - The
1
is the channel id
So this can be translated as: first file, first stream, second channel (or right channel).
From the -map_channel
documentation:
The order of the
-map_channel
option specifies the order of the channels in the output stream. The output channel layout is guessed from the number of channels mapped (mono if one-map_channel
, stereo if two, etc.
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