Converting 6 audio channels to 2 in ffmpeg -
im doing 2 pass encode on uploads site. unfortunately when user uploads 6 audio channel .mkv files (5.1 surround), ffmpeg spits out following error: resampling input channels greater 2 unsupported. im running latest version of ffmpeg. doing -ac 6 instead of usual - ac 2 proceeds encoding, creates larger file useless data, creates step in long file processing script, , i'd rather avoid modifying conversion command. is there can make -ac 2 work? it known bug/limitation of current ffmpeg. in experience concluded can't done ffmpeg alone. you have transcode audio/video separately. 1) extract .wav file source movie. 2) resample 2ch stereo audio editing tool such audacity . 3) encode audio stream 3) transcode video stream 4) mux audio/video target format