List of FFMPEG audio formats and their file extensions

Question

I've tried to find information about this but to no avail.

What audio formats and their file extensions are supported by FFMPEG?

Is there a command that can list them all?

Does this answer your question? [What are all codecs and formats supported by FFmpeg?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3377300/what-are-all-codecs-and-formats-supported-by-ffmpeg) — szatmary, Feb 13 '20 at 18:29
Unfortunately not. That was actually the last thing I read before asking my question. I need to figure out and get a list of only the audio file formats that FFMPEG can read. — vaid, Feb 13 '20 at 19:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 15 '20 at 01:52

Unfortunately there is no list with extensions. However you can look up common extensions per muxer.

List all codecs. You can narrow it down with selecting only DEA (Decoding supported, Encoding supported, Audio codec)

ffmpeg -hide_banner -codecs | grep DEA

Now you get a long list.

Take e.g. DEA.LS dts DCA (DTS Coherent Acoustics) (decoders: dca ) (encoders: dca )

ffmpeg -hide_banner -h muxer=dts

Result: Common extensions: dts.

(With other codecs you should also try demuxer=)

I have tried that already, but It's not a reliable solution :/ — vaid, Feb 15 '20 at 18:02

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