{
 "id": "synchronized-accessible-media-interchange",
 "name": "Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange",
 "category": "other",
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  ]
 },
 "status": "writable",
 "summary": "file format",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "FFmpeg",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org",
   "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later / GPL-2.0-or-later",
   "open_source": true,
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "GOM Player",
   "url": "https://gomlab.com/gomplayer-media-player/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "KMPlayer",
   "url": "https://www.kmplayer.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware"
  },
  {
   "name": "Kodi",
   "url": "https://kodi.tv/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "MPlayer",
   "url": "https://mplayerhq.hu/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Perian",
   "url": "http://perian.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "PotPlayer",
   "url": "https://potplayer.tv/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware"
  },
  {
   "name": "Q192527",
   "url": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/windows-media-player-d10303a5-896c-2ce2-53d4-5bd5b9fd888b",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "end-user license agreement"
  },
  {
   "name": "VLC media player",
   "url": "https://www.videolan.org/vlc/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "xine",
   "url": "https://xine.sourceforge.net/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  }
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  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q2375766",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2375766",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
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   "converters",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "conversions": [
  {
   "to": "flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-1-2-1",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.sami out.flac",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Audio track only: the video is dropped.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "waveform-audio",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.sami out.wav",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Audio track only: the video is dropped.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "mpeg-1-2-audio-layer-3",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.sami out.mp3",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy re-encoding.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "ogg",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.sami out.ogg",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy re-encoding.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "mpeg-4-part-14",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.sami out.mp4",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "matroska-1-4",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.sami out.mkv",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "webm",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.sami out.webm",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  }
 ],
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 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}