Supported codecs and containers for audio-only outputs

Input codecs and containers supported for audio-only

MediaConvert supports the following combinations of input container and codec for audio-only outputs.

Container	Supported audio Codecs
ASF, WMA, WMV (Advanced Systems Format)	WMA WMA2 WMA Pro
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)	FLAC
Matroska	FLAC Opus
MOV (Apple QuickTime)	PCM
MP3 (MPEG-1 Layer 3)	MP3
MP4 (MPEG-4)	AAC
MPEG-TS (MPEG-2 Transport Stream)	MPEG-2 PCM
OGG, OGA	FLAC Opus Vorbis
WAV	PCM
No container	AAC Dolby Digital (AC3) Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3) FLAC PCM

MediaConvert supports the following combinations of output container and codec for creating audio-only outputs.

Container	Audio Codecs
DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP)	AAC Dolby Digital (AC3) Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3) Dolby Digital Plus JOC (Atmos)
HLS (Apple HTTP Live Streaming)	AAC Dolby Digital (AC3)
MP4 (MPEG-4)	AAC Dolby Digital (AC3) Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3)
MPEG-TS (MPEG-2 Transport Stream)	AAC Dolby Digital (AC3) Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3) MPEG-2
No container	AAC AIFF Dolby Digital (AC3) Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3) FLAC MPEG-2 MP3 WAV

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Setting up audio-only outputs

Feature limitations