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I need to find the codec of an audio file. How can I do this?
Do I need to write code to do this or is there a simpler way?
Please help me. If possible share helpful links.
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On the Tools menu, select Options. Select the Player tab, select the Download codecs automatically check box, and then select OK.
Finding Your Video Codec You may need to right-click the video title and select Play with VLC Media Player, if VLC is not your default video player. Once the video starts, select Tools > Codec Information. Here, you'll see the codec for the video.
Generally speaking, you should aim for the highest-quality codec that your camera (or your budget) can capture. When I say “highest quality”, I mean that you want to capture as much information as possible. So you want less-lossy codecs: less compression, higher bit-depth, and less chroma subsampling.
The good old file utility will reveal lots of information about audio files, sometimes including the codec:
$ file X.wav
X.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 16 bit, mono 16000 Hz
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