[FFmpeg-user] Failure: No wav codec tag found

[Mark Filipak]

On 04/17/2020 06:51 PM, Moritz Barsnick wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 18:13:22 -0400, Mark Filipak wrote:
>> [matroska @ 0000028fabd7b040] No wav codec tag found for codec pcm_bluray
>>
>> Does this means I did something wrong (would be the first time in ...about the last 2 minutes), or
>> MKV doesn't support LPCM, or sumtinelse?
> 
> Yes.

Hahahaha... "Do you want to keep the deluxe vacation you've won, or do you want what's in the box 
that Anita's holding?" "Yes!"

> Google, first match on "pcm_bluray mkv":
> 
> https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=174718
> 
>    pcm_bluray should only ever be put in Blu-ray-style m2ts files,
>    Matroska has no format mapping for it anyway. Use normal PCM (ie.
>    pcm_s16le or pcm_s24le depending on bitdepth)...

I know that PCM was never used for DVDs, so I can't use DVDs as a guide. I'd prefer to use the most 
'universal' flavor of PCM coder. Do you have any recommendation, or is pcm_s24le it?

Or is little-endian versus big-endian a non-issue?

Note that the LPCM source is 24 bit.

Thanks,
Mark.