What options are needed to convert 24bit FLAC to 16bit FLAC?

[rgujiohgrwuio]

https://imgur.com/6C7E9GJ -- here are my current settings. What do I need to type to get files from 24bit to 16bit?

I'm new to this and I just used foobar2000 and I could select 16bit and it converted exactly how I wanted it to. I've tried clicking many different options in the encoding parameters but the file size is not reducing how I want it to (going from about 50mb to 25mb using foobar). Thanks

[Zak]

I don't think you can do this in MusicBee using the flac.exe encoder.

Instead change the FLAC encoder to ffmpeg.exe - which should also come with MusicBee - and use these parameters:

-i - -sample_fmt s16 [outputfile]

[vincent kars]

Never tried it but in the File converter you can set all kind of parameters

https://www.mankier.com/1/flac says

--bps=#
Set bits per sample.

--sample-rate=#
Set sample rate (in Hz).

You might simply try adding these options to the fileconverter or do it manual at the command line using FLAC.exe  to test.

Looks like you can't use flac.exe to do this
https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?topic=57931.0

[sveakul]

I don't think you can do this in MusicBee using the flac.exe encoder.

Instead change the FLAC encoder to ffmpeg.exe - which should also come with MusicBee - and use these parameters:

-i - -sample_fmt s16 [outputfile]

@rgujiohgrwuio:  Just to clarify, what Zak means is ffmpeg.exe would be a good additon to MusicBee, not that it does come with MusicBee--it doesn't.  As he and vincent kars said, flac.exe cannot change bit depth, but Zak's ffmpeg.exe parameters will.

[Zak]

ffmpeg.exe - which should also come with MusicBee

@rgujiohgrwuio:  Just to clarify, what Zak means is ffmpeg.exe would be a good additon to MusicBee, not that it does come with MusicBee--it doesn't.

Nope, I thought it was already included with the full MusicBee install. I have it, but must have added it myself.
I don't think it should be included with MusicBee. The smallest ffmpeg build would add around 50MB to a MusicBee installation,and it isn't needed for common music management tasks.

A compiled Windows executable can be downloaded from here:

www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds

Unzip the ffmpeg.exe file into the Codec subfolder where you have MusicBee is installed.