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Wikidata	`Q2375766`

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KodiOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
FFmpegOpen sourcereads · LGPL-2.1-or-later / GPL-2.0-or-later
MPlayerOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
PerianOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
VLC media playerOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later
xineOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
GOM Playerreads · proprietary license
KMPlayerreads · freeware
PotPlayerreads · freeware
Q192527reads · end-user license agreement

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) 1.2.1	FFmpeg	Partial	`ffmpeg -i in.sami out.flac` Audio track only: the video is dropped.
Waveform Audio	FFmpeg	Partial	`ffmpeg -i in.sami out.wav` Audio track only: the video is dropped.
Matroska 1-4	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.sami out.mkv` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 3	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.sami out.mp3` Lossy re-encoding.
MPEG-4 Part 14	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.sami out.mp4` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
Ogg	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.sami out.ogg` Lossy re-encoding.
WebM	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.sami out.webm` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.