ffmpeg to convert from flac to wav
I need to convert a flac file to a wav file without changing sample rate and bit depth. As far as I know changing these properties may distort the audio, so how do i specify them not to be changed? Also, is there any way to prevent metadata to be written to the output file? Multimedia Mike As rogerdpack commented, the command line: ffmpeg -i inputfile.flac output.wav should do exactly what you want. Addressing your concerns about keeping the resulting audio intact, FLAC is a lossless format and decoding it to raw PCM stored in a WAV file will keep perfect fidelity. The only thing you might