[FFmpeg-user] More on audio stream mapping

[Tim Nicholson]

I have a file containing 1 video and 4 mono audio streams, and wish to 
create a file with 1 video and 2 stereo audio streams.

Under the old API the extra audio stream was added after the output 
filename, but now it is supposed to be done via the -map and 
-map_channel commands.

It therefore seems that the correct way to now achieve this is:-

ffmpeg -i archive.gxf -c:v copy \
-c:a libfaac -b:a 96k -ar 48k \
-map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map 0:2 \
-ac 2 -map_channel 0.1.0:0.1 -map_channel 0.2.0:0.1 \
-ac 2 -map_channel 0.3.0:0.2 -map_channel 0.4.0:0.2 \
out.mp4

 From my reading of the documentation the:-

-map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map 0:2

maps the video and first two audio streams to the output file, which is 
not the mapping I actually want but is the only way I can see to add the 
extra output audio stream. Then the:-

-map_channel 0.1.0:0.1

commands overwrite this mapping to put the audio channels where I want them.

Adding streams by performing a mapping that is not wanted seems to me to 
be counter intuitive. Or have I misunderstood things?

It also appears that you cannot use -c:a copy if using -map_channel as 
the copy copies the stream as is, and not the channel.

-- 
Tim

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