[Libav-user] libswresample vs libavfilter for target format conversion

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Jorge Israel Peña <jorgepblank at ...> writes:

> Aside from that, what are the benefits of using libavfilter 
> for converting to the target format over using libswresample?

I believe the main benefit is that if you want to (also) 
use another filter, you only need to open one filtergraph.
If you are not using another audio filter, there probably 
is no benefit (except that you may or may not prefer the 
filter interface over the libswresample interface).

Carl Eugen