[FFmpeg-user] Fwd: Command line to show channel label/position

[Carl Zwanzig]

On 1/28/2025 8:18 AM, MrNice wrote:
> have an audio file, with MediaInfo I get
> Audio
> Channel layout                           : L R Ls Rs

>  > ffmpeg -v error -layouts | awk '/quad /{print $2}'
> FL+FR+BL+BR

> What is the correct answer?

Both.
Left, assumed to be front (L) = Front Left (FL)
Left surround/side (Ls) = Back Left (BL)
etc

(that's part way down the AudioChannelManipulation page, even farther 
down is a list of the channel names and standard layouts, also in the 
-layouts output)

z!