[FFmpeg-user] Channel manipulation and audio filter equivalencies

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 2:43 AM Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> The real challenge is selecting two channels and trying to make them
> into the left and right channels of a new stereo audio channel. One
> option is channelmap:
>
> ffmpeg -loglevel error -stats -y -i Original.mkv -af
> 'channelmap=map=BL|BR' channel_split.mkv
>
> Another option is pan:
>
> ffmpeg -loglevel error -stats -y -i Original.mkv -af
> 'pan=stereo|c0=BL|c1=BR' channel_split.mkv
>

Anyone have recommendations on these options, or any other preferred
way to remap channels at maximum quality?

ChrisA