Audio Channel Conversion

Owned by Alexis Rombaut
Last updated: Nov 29, 2021 by Bart Quintens

Introduction

MediaHaven offers video conversion in the following cases

  • When generating browse mp4

  • When generating an access representation, typically in MP4 format

  • When sending to an export location with video transformation options

To ensure correct compatibility of all generated videos in common players such as web browsers, the number of audio tracks / channels is adapted

Decision tree

Rule

Action

Default

Rule

Action

Default

1

If video is MXF and has at least two mono audio tracks

Create 1 stereo audio track

 

2

If setting AUDIO_DISCARD_MULTI_TRACK is true

Only keep first audio track

False

3

If AUDIO_DISCARD_SURROUND is true

For each audio track only keep the first 2 channels

True