diff --git a/dev/convert.html b/dev/convert.html
index 17b6d33..a14d831 100644
--- a/dev/convert.html
+++ b/dev/convert.html
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 <script src="../dist/bundles/mediabunny.cjs"></script>
 <script src="../packages/mp3-encoder/dist/bundles/mediabunny-mp3-encoder.js"></script>
 <script src="../packages/ac3/dist/bundles/mediabunny-ac3.js"></script>
+<script src="../packages/flac-encoder/dist/bundles/mediabunny-flac-encoder.js"></script>
 
 <script type="module">
 	//MediabunnyMp3Encoder.registerMp3Encoder();
 	MediabunnyAc3.registerAc3Decoder();
+	MediabunnyFlacEncoder.registerFlacEncoder();
 
 	const fileInput = document.createElement('input');
 	fileInput.type = 'file';
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@
 			chunked: true,
 			chunkSize: 2**20
 		});
-		const outputFormat = new Mediabunny.WavOutputFormat();
+		const outputFormat = new Mediabunny.FlacOutputFormat();
 
 		const p = document.createElement('p');
 		p.textContent = 'Capturing...';
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@
 		const tracks = [];
 		let start = 0;
 
-		if (true) {
+		if (false) {
 			input = new Mediabunny.Input({
 				source: new Mediabunny.UrlSource('http://localhost:8000/index.m3u8'),
 				formats: Mediabunny.ALL_FORMATS,
@@ -85,15 +87,18 @@
 			});
 		}
 
-		const primaryTrack = await input.getPrimaryAudioTrack();
-		const startTime = await primaryTrack.getFirstTimestamp();
-		console.log(startTime)
+		//const primaryTrack = await input.getPrimaryAudioTrack();
+		//const startTime = await primaryTrack.getFirstTimestamp();
+		//console.log(startTime)
 
 		let ctx = null;
 		let conversion = await Mediabunny.Conversion.init({
 			input,
 			output,
-			audio: (track) => ({ discard: track.number !== primaryTrack.number }),
+			audio: {
+				//forceTranscode: true,
+				//sampleFormat: 's16',
+			},
 			/*
 			video: {
 				discard: true,
@@ -139,11 +144,12 @@
 				}
 			},
 			trim: {
-				start: startTime,
-				end: startTime + 2,
+				//start: startTime,
+				//end: startTime + 2,
 			},
 		});
 		//console.log(conversion);
+		console.log(conversion.discardedTracks);
 
 		let progress = 0;
 		conversion.onProgress = newProgress => progress = newProgress;
diff --git a/docs/guide/converting-media-files.md b/docs/guide/converting-media-files.md
index c14b7d0..05c894e 100644
--- a/docs/guide/converting-media-files.md
+++ b/docs/guide/converting-media-files.md
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ type ConversionAudioOptions = {
 	bitrate?: number | Quality;
 	numberOfChannels?: number;
 	sampleRate?: number;
+	sampleFormat?: 'u8' | 's16' | 's32' | 'f32';
 	forceTranscode?: boolean;
 	process?: (sample: AudioSample) => MaybePromise<
 		AudioSample | AudioSample[] | null
diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index 1e3a0f2..19c75a8 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export default tseslint.config(
 			'@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-enum-comparison': 'off',
 			'@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-unary-minus': 'off',
 			'@typescript-eslint/no-deprecated': 'error',
+			'@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-exports': 'error',
 		},
 	},
 	{
diff --git a/packages/flac-encoder/build/flac.js b/packages/flac-encoder/build/flac.js
index da70144..815a63d 100644
Binary files a/packages/flac-encoder/build/flac.js and b/packages/flac-encoder/build/flac.js differ
diff --git a/packages/flac-encoder/src/bridge.c b/packages/flac-encoder/src/bridge.c
index e25a981..02ab4d9 100644
--- a/packages/flac-encoder/src/bridge.c
+++ b/packages/flac-encoder/src/bridge.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-#define BITS_PER_SAMPLE 16
 #define COMPRESSION_LEVEL 5
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -23,14 +22,10 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef struct {
 	FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder;
 
-	// Input buffer for interleaved int16 samples from JS
-	int16_t *input_buffer;
+	// Input buffer for interleaved int32 samples from JS
+	FLAC__int32 *input_buffer;
 	int input_buffer_size;
 
-	// Widened to int32 for libFLAC
-	FLAC__int32 *int32_buffer;
-	int int32_buffer_size;
-
 	// Contiguous output buffer for encoded frame data
 	uint8_t *output_buffer;
 	int output_size;
@@ -48,6 +43,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	bool header_done;
 
 	int channels;
+	int bits_per_sample;
 } EncoderContext;
 
 static void ensure_output_capacity(EncoderContext *ctx, int needed) {
@@ -120,13 +116,14 @@ static void reset_output(EncoderContext *ctx) {
 }
 
 EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE
-int init_encoder(int channels, int sample_rate) {
+int init_encoder(int channels, int sample_rate, int bits_per_sample) {
 	EncoderContext *ctx = calloc(1, sizeof(EncoderContext));
 	if (!ctx) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	ctx->channels = channels;
+	ctx->bits_per_sample = bits_per_sample;
 
 	ctx->encoder = FLAC__stream_encoder_new();
 	if (!ctx->encoder) {
@@ -136,7 +133,7 @@ int init_encoder(int channels, int sample_rate) {
 
 	FLAC__stream_encoder_set_channels(ctx->encoder, channels);
 	FLAC__stream_encoder_set_sample_rate(ctx->encoder, sample_rate);
-	FLAC__stream_encoder_set_bits_per_sample(ctx->encoder, BITS_PER_SAMPLE);
+	FLAC__stream_encoder_set_bits_per_sample(ctx->encoder, bits_per_sample);
 	FLAC__stream_encoder_set_compression_level(ctx->encoder, COMPRESSION_LEVEL);
 	FLAC__stream_encoder_set_verify(ctx->encoder, false);
 
@@ -174,19 +171,15 @@ EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE
 int send_samples(int ctx_ptr, int num_samples) {
 	EncoderContext *ctx = (EncoderContext *)ctx_ptr;
 
-	// Widen int16 to int32 for libFLAC
 	int total = num_samples * ctx->channels;
-	if (total > ctx->int32_buffer_size) {
-		ctx->int32_buffer = realloc(ctx->int32_buffer, total * sizeof(FLAC__int32));
-		ctx->int32_buffer_size = total;
-	}
+	int shift = 32 - ctx->bits_per_sample;
 	for (int i = 0; i < total; i++) {
-		ctx->int32_buffer[i] = ctx->input_buffer[i];
+		ctx->input_buffer[i] >>= shift;
 	}
 
 	reset_output(ctx);
 
-	FLAC__bool ok = FLAC__stream_encoder_process_interleaved(ctx->encoder, ctx->int32_buffer, num_samples);
+	FLAC__bool ok = FLAC__stream_encoder_process_interleaved(ctx->encoder, ctx->input_buffer, num_samples);
 	return ok ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/flac-encoder/src/encode.worker.ts b/packages/flac-encoder/src/encode.worker.ts
index 1e178f8..fe881d3 100644
--- a/packages/flac-encoder/src/encode.worker.ts
+++ b/packages/flac-encoder/src/encode.worker.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type ExtendedEmscriptenModule = EmscriptenModule & {
 let module: ExtendedEmscriptenModule;
 let modulePromise: Promise<ExtendedEmscriptenModule> | null = null;
 
-let initEncoderFn: (channels: number, sampleRate: number) => number;
+let initEncoderFn: (channels: number, sampleRate: number, bitsPerSample: number) => number;
 let getEncodeInputPtr: (ctx: number, size: number) => number;
 let sendSamplesFn: (ctx: number, numSamples: number) => number;
 let getOutputData: (ctx: number) => number;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const ensureModule = async () => {
 		module = await modulePromise;
 		modulePromise = null;
 
-		initEncoderFn = module.cwrap('init_encoder', 'number', ['number', 'number']);
+		initEncoderFn = module.cwrap('init_encoder', 'number', ['number', 'number', 'number']);
 		getEncodeInputPtr = module.cwrap('get_encode_input_ptr', 'number', ['number', 'number']);
 		sendSamplesFn = module.cwrap('send_samples', 'number', ['number', 'number']);
 		getOutputData = module.cwrap('get_output_data', 'number', ['number']);
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ const ensureModule = async () => {
 	}
 };
 
-const initEncoder = async (numberOfChannels: number, sampleRate: number) => {
+const initEncoder = async (numberOfChannels: number, sampleRate: number, bitsPerSample: 16 | 24) => {
 	await ensureModule();
 
-	const ctx = initEncoderFn(numberOfChannels, sampleRate);
+	const ctx = initEncoderFn(numberOfChannels, sampleRate, bitsPerSample);
 	if (ctx === 0) {
 		throw new Error('Failed to initialize FLAC encoder.');
 	}
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ const onMessage = (data: { id: number; command: WorkerCommand }) => {
 					const { ctx, header } = await initEncoder(
 						command.data.numberOfChannels,
 						command.data.sampleRate,
+						command.data.bitsPerSample,
 					);
 					result = { type: command.type, ctx, header };
 					transferables.push(header);
diff --git a/packages/flac-encoder/src/encoder.ts b/packages/flac-encoder/src/encoder.ts
index 7d0c89d..3bb8339 100644
--- a/packages/flac-encoder/src/encoder.ts
+++ b/packages/flac-encoder/src/encoder.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class FlacEncoder extends CustomAudioEncoder {
 		reject: (reason?: unknown) => void;
 	}>();
 
-	private ctx = 0;
+	private ctx: number | null = null;
 	private chunkMetadata: EncodedAudioChunkMetadata = {};
 	private description: Uint8Array | null = null;
 	private nextTimestampInSamples: number | null = null;
@@ -65,19 +65,6 @@ class FlacEncoder extends CustomAudioEncoder {
 			};
 			nodeWorker.on('message', onMessage);
 		}
-
-		const result = await this.sendCommand({
-			type: 'init',
-			data: {
-				numberOfChannels: this.config.numberOfChannels,
-				sampleRate: this.config.sampleRate,
-			},
-		});
-
-		this.ctx = result.ctx;
-
-		this.description = new Uint8Array(result.header);
-		this.resetInternalState();
 	}
 
 	private resetInternalState() {
@@ -94,15 +81,50 @@ class FlacEncoder extends CustomAudioEncoder {
 	}
 
 	async encode(audioSample: AudioSample) {
+		if (this.ctx === null) {
+			// This is the first sample, let's do some init
+
+			let bitsPerSample: 16 | 24;
+			switch (audioSample.format) {
+				case 'u8':
+				case 'u8-planar':
+				case 's16':
+				case 's16-planar':
+					bitsPerSample = 16;
+					break;
+				case 's32':
+				case 's32-planar':
+				case 'f32':
+				case 'f32-planar':
+					bitsPerSample = 24;
+					break;
+				default:
+					assertNever(audioSample.format);
+					assert(false);
+			}
+
+			const result = await this.sendCommand({
+				type: 'init',
+				data: {
+					numberOfChannels: this.config.numberOfChannels,
+					sampleRate: this.config.sampleRate,
+					bitsPerSample,
+				},
+			});
+
+			this.ctx = result.ctx;
+			this.description = new Uint8Array(result.header);
+			this.resetInternalState();
+		}
+
 		if (this.nextTimestampInSamples === null) {
 			this.nextTimestampInSamples = Math.round(audioSample.timestamp * this.config.sampleRate);
 		}
 
-		const totalBytes = audioSample.allocationSize({ format: 's16', planeIndex: 0 });
-		const audioBytes = new Uint8Array(totalBytes);
-		audioSample.copyTo(audioBytes, { format: 's16', planeIndex: 0 });
+		const totalBytes = audioSample.allocationSize({ format: 's32', planeIndex: 0 });
+		const audioData = new ArrayBuffer(totalBytes);
+		audioSample.copyTo(audioData, { format: 's32', planeIndex: 0 });
 
-		const audioData = audioBytes.buffer;
 		const result = await this.sendCommand({
 			type: 'encode',
 			data: {
@@ -116,6 +138,10 @@ class FlacEncoder extends CustomAudioEncoder {
 	}
 
 	async flush() {
+		if (this.ctx === null) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		const result = await this.sendCommand({ type: 'flush', data: { ctx: this.ctx } });
 		this.emitPackets(result.packets);
 
@@ -198,3 +224,8 @@ function assert(x: unknown): asserts x {
 		throw new Error('Assertion failed.');
 	}
 }
+
+export const assertNever = (x: never) => {
+	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
+	throw new Error(`Unexpected value: ${x}`);
+};
diff --git a/packages/flac-encoder/src/shared.ts b/packages/flac-encoder/src/shared.ts
index 0d7c596..5b6ff9a 100644
--- a/packages/flac-encoder/src/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/flac-encoder/src/shared.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export type WorkerCommand = {
 	data: {
 		numberOfChannels: number;
 		sampleRate: number;
+		bitsPerSample: 16 | 24;
 	};
 } | {
 	type: 'encode';
diff --git a/src/conversion.ts b/src/conversion.ts
index b94a12f..8c3182b 100644
--- a/src/conversion.ts
+++ b/src/conversion.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,15 @@ import {
 } from './misc';
 import { Output, OutputTrackGroup, TrackType } from './output';
 import { Mp4OutputFormat } from './output-format';
-import { AudioSample, clampCropRectangle, CropRectangle, validateCropRectangle, VideoSample } from './sample';
+import {
+	AudioSample,
+	audioSampleToInterleavedFormat,
+	clampCropRectangle,
+	CropRectangle,
+	toInterleavedAudioFormat,
+	validateCropRectangle,
+	VideoSample,
+} from './sample';
 import { MetadataTags, validateMetadataTags } from './metadata';
 import { NullTarget } from './target';
 import { AudioResampler } from './resample';
@@ -261,6 +269,13 @@ export type ConversionAudioOptions = {
 	numberOfChannels?: number;
 	/** The desired sample rate of the output audio, in hertz. */
 	sampleRate?: number;
+	/**
+	 * The desired sample format (and therefore bit depth) of the audio samples before they are passed to the encoder.
+	 * Can be used to control bit depth with certain output codecs such as FLAC.
+	 *
+	 * Setting this field forces audio transcoding.
+	 */
+	sampleFormat?: 'u8' | 's16' | 's32' | 'f32';
 	/** The desired output audio codec. */
 	codec?: AudioCodec;
 	/** The desired bitrate of the output audio. */
@@ -442,6 +457,12 @@ const validateAudioOptions = (audioOptions: ConversionAudioOptions) => {
 	) {
 		throw new TypeError('options.audio.sampleRate, when provided, must be a positive integer.');
 	}
+	if (
+		audioOptions?.sampleFormat !== undefined
+		&& !['u8', 's16', 's32', 'f32'].includes(audioOptions.sampleFormat)
+	) {
+		throw new TypeError('options.audio.sampleFormat, when provided, must be one of: u8, s16, s32, f32.');
+	}
 	if (audioOptions?.process !== undefined && typeof audioOptions.process !== 'function') {
 		throw new TypeError('options.audio.process, when provided, must be a function.');
 	}
@@ -1347,7 +1368,7 @@ export class Conversion {
 								timestamp: lastCanvasTimestamp! + i / frameRate,
 								duration: 1 / frameRate,
 							});
-							await this._registerVideoSample(track, trackOptions, outputTrackId, source, sample);
+							await this._registerVideoSample(trackOptions, outputTrackId, source, sample);
 							sample.close();
 						}
 					};
@@ -1384,7 +1405,7 @@ export class Conversion {
 							timestamp: adjustedSampleTimestamp,
 							duration: frameRate !== undefined ? 1 / frameRate : duration,
 						});
-						await this._registerVideoSample(track, trackOptions, outputTrackId, source, sample);
+						await this._registerVideoSample(trackOptions, outputTrackId, source, sample);
 						sample.close();
 
 						if (frameRate !== undefined) {
@@ -1425,7 +1446,7 @@ export class Conversion {
 						for (let i = 1; i < frameDifference; i++) {
 							lastSample.setTimestamp(lastSampleTimestamp! + i / frameRate);
 							lastSample.setDuration(1 / frameRate);
-							await this._registerVideoSample(track, trackOptions, outputTrackId, source, lastSample);
+							await this._registerVideoSample(trackOptions, outputTrackId, source, lastSample);
 						}
 
 						lastSample.close();
@@ -1464,7 +1485,7 @@ export class Conversion {
 						}
 
 						sample.setTimestamp(adjustedSampleTimestamp);
-						await this._registerVideoSample(track, trackOptions, outputTrackId, source, sample);
+						await this._registerVideoSample(trackOptions, outputTrackId, source, sample);
 
 						if (frameRate !== undefined) {
 							lastSample = sample;
@@ -1513,7 +1534,6 @@ export class Conversion {
 
 	/** @internal */
 	async _registerVideoSample(
-		track: InputVideoTrack,
 		trackOptions: ConversionVideoOptions,
 		outputTrackId: number,
 		source: VideoSampleSource,
@@ -1609,6 +1629,7 @@ export class Conversion {
 			&& audioCodecs.includes(sourceCodec)
 			&& (!trackOptions.codec || trackOptions.codec === sourceCodec)
 			&& !trackOptions.process
+			&& trackOptions.sampleFormat === undefined
 		) {
 			// Fast path, we can simply copy over the encoded packets
 
@@ -1745,7 +1766,7 @@ export class Conversion {
 						// Offset the timestamp as needed
 						sample.setTimestamp(sample.timestamp - this._startTimestamp);
 
-						await this._registerAudioSample(track, trackOptions, outputTrackId, source, sample);
+						await this._registerAudioSample(trackOptions, outputTrackId, source, sample);
 						sample.close();
 					}
 
@@ -1778,16 +1799,25 @@ export class Conversion {
 
 	/** @internal */
 	async _registerAudioSample(
-		track: InputAudioTrack,
 		trackOptions: ConversionAudioOptions,
 		outputTrackId: number,
 		source: AudioSampleSource,
-		sample: AudioSample,
+		inputSample: AudioSample,
 	) {
 		if (this._canceled) {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		let sample = inputSample;
+
+		if (
+			trackOptions.sampleFormat !== undefined
+			&& toInterleavedAudioFormat(sample.format) !== trackOptions.sampleFormat
+		) {
+			// Do a sample format conversion
+			sample = audioSampleToInterleavedFormat(sample, trackOptions.sampleFormat);
+		}
+
 		this._reportProgress(outputTrackId, sample.timestamp + sample.duration);
 
 		let finalSamples: AudioSample[];
@@ -1823,8 +1853,12 @@ export class Conversion {
 				}
 			}
 		} finally {
+			if (sample !== inputSample) {
+				sample.close();
+			}
+
 			for (const finalSample of finalSamples) {
-				if (finalSample !== sample) {
+				if (finalSample !== inputSample) {
 					finalSample.close();
 				}
 			}
@@ -1857,7 +1891,7 @@ export class Conversion {
 				onSample: async (sample) => {
 					sample.setTimestamp(sample.timestamp - this._startTimestamp);
 
-					await this._registerAudioSample(track, trackOptions, outputTrackId, source, sample);
+					await this._registerAudioSample(trackOptions, outputTrackId, source, sample);
 					sample.close();
 				},
 			});
diff --git a/src/encode.ts b/src/encode.ts
index 8785f1a..e5be0b8 100644
--- a/src/encode.ts
+++ b/src/encode.ts
@@ -386,6 +386,11 @@ export type AudioTransformOptions = {
 	numberOfChannels?: number;
 	/** The desired output sample rate in hertz to resample to. */
 	sampleRate?: number;
+	/**
+	 * The desired sample format (and therefore bit depth) of the audio samples before they are passed to the encoder.
+	 * Can be used to control bit depth with certain output codecs such as FLAC.
+	 */
+	sampleFormat?: 'u8' | 's16' | 's32' | 'f32';
 	/**
 	 * Allows for custom user-defined processing of audio samples, e.g. for applying audio effects or timestamp
 	 * modifications. Called for each audio sample after resampling and remixing.
@@ -406,7 +411,7 @@ export const validateAudioEncodingConfig = (config: AudioEncodingConfig) => {
 	}
 	if (
 		config.bitrate === undefined
-		&& (!(PCM_AUDIO_CODECS as readonly string[]).includes(config.codec) || config.codec === 'flac')
+		&& !((PCM_AUDIO_CODECS as readonly string[]).includes(config.codec) || config.codec === 'flac')
 	) {
 		throw new TypeError('config.bitrate must be provided for compressed audio codecs.');
 	}
@@ -433,6 +438,12 @@ export const validateAudioEncodingConfig = (config: AudioEncodingConfig) => {
 		) {
 			throw new TypeError('config.transform.sampleRate, when provided, must be a positive integer.');
 		}
+		if (
+			config.transform.sampleFormat !== undefined
+			&& !['u8', 's16', 's32', 'f32'].includes(config.transform.sampleFormat)
+		) {
+			throw new TypeError('config.transform.sampleFormat, when provided, must be one of: u8, s16, s32, f32.');
+		}
 		if (config.transform.process !== undefined && typeof config.transform.process !== 'function') {
 			throw new TypeError('config.transform.process, when provided, must be a function.');
 		}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index e919542..03856af 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -22,48 +22,48 @@ if ((globalThis as Record<symbol, unknown>)[MEDIABUNNY_LOADED_SYMBOL]) {
 
 export {
 	Output,
-	OutputOptions,
+	type OutputOptions,
 	OutputTrack,
 	OutputVideoTrack,
 	OutputAudioTrack,
 	OutputSubtitleTrack,
 	OutputTrackGroup,
-	BaseTrackMetadata,
-	VideoTrackMetadata,
-	AudioTrackMetadata,
-	SubtitleTrackMetadata,
-	OutputEvents,
+	type BaseTrackMetadata,
+	type VideoTrackMetadata,
+	type AudioTrackMetadata,
+	type SubtitleTrackMetadata,
+	type OutputEvents,
 } from './output';
 export {
 	OutputFormat,
 	AdtsOutputFormat,
-	AdtsOutputFormatOptions,
+	type AdtsOutputFormatOptions,
 	CmafOutputFormat,
-	CmafOutputFormatOptions,
+	type CmafOutputFormatOptions,
 	FlacOutputFormat,
-	FlacOutputFormatOptions,
+	type FlacOutputFormatOptions,
 	HlsOutputFormat,
-	HlsOutputFormatOptions,
-	HlsOutputPlaylistInfo,
-	HlsOutputSegmentInfo,
+	type HlsOutputFormatOptions,
+	type HlsOutputPlaylistInfo,
+	type HlsOutputSegmentInfo,
 	IsobmffOutputFormat,
-	IsobmffOutputFormatOptions,
+	type IsobmffOutputFormatOptions,
 	MkvOutputFormat,
-	MkvOutputFormatOptions,
+	type MkvOutputFormatOptions,
 	MovOutputFormat,
 	Mp3OutputFormat,
-	Mp3OutputFormatOptions,
+	type Mp3OutputFormatOptions,
 	Mp4OutputFormat,
 	MpegTsOutputFormat,
-	MpegTsOutputFormatOptions,
+	type MpegTsOutputFormatOptions,
 	OggOutputFormat,
-	OggOutputFormatOptions,
+	type OggOutputFormatOptions,
 	WavOutputFormat,
-	WavOutputFormatOptions,
+	type WavOutputFormatOptions,
 	WebMOutputFormat,
-	WebMOutputFormatOptions,
-	InclusiveIntegerRange,
-	TrackCountLimits,
+	type WebMOutputFormatOptions,
+	type InclusiveIntegerRange,
+	type TrackCountLimits,
 } from './output-format';
 export {
 	MediaSource,
@@ -76,17 +76,17 @@ export {
 	EncodedAudioPacketSource,
 	EncodedVideoPacketSource,
 	MediaStreamAudioTrackSource,
-	MediaStreamAudioTrackSourceOptions,
+	type MediaStreamAudioTrackSourceOptions,
 	MediaStreamVideoTrackSource,
-	MediaStreamVideoTrackSourceOptions,
+	type MediaStreamVideoTrackSourceOptions,
 	TextSubtitleSource,
 	VideoSampleSource,
 } from './media-source';
 export {
-	MediaCodec,
-	VideoCodec,
-	AudioCodec,
-	SubtitleCodec,
+	type MediaCodec,
+	type VideoCodec,
+	type AudioCodec,
+	type SubtitleCodec,
 	VIDEO_CODECS,
 	AUDIO_CODECS,
 	PCM_AUDIO_CODECS,
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ export {
 	getDecodableAudioCodecs,
 } from './decode';
 export {
-	VideoEncodingConfig,
-	VideoEncodingAdditionalOptions,
-	VideoTransformOptions,
-	AudioEncodingConfig,
-	AudioEncodingAdditionalOptions,
-	AudioTransformOptions,
+	type VideoEncodingConfig,
+	type VideoEncodingAdditionalOptions,
+	type VideoTransformOptions,
+	type AudioEncodingConfig,
+	type AudioEncodingAdditionalOptions,
+	type AudioTransformOptions,
 	canEncode,
 	canEncodeVideo,
 	canEncodeAudio,
@@ -128,69 +128,69 @@ export {
 } from './encode';
 export {
 	Target,
-	TargetEvents,
-	TargetRequest,
+	type TargetEvents,
+	type TargetRequest,
 	AppendOnlyStreamTarget,
 	BufferTarget,
-	BufferTargetOptions,
+	type BufferTargetOptions,
 	FilePathTarget,
-	FilePathTargetOptions,
+	type FilePathTargetOptions,
 	NullTarget,
 	PathedTarget,
 	RangedTarget,
 	StreamTarget,
-	StreamTargetOptions,
-	StreamTargetChunk,
+	type StreamTargetOptions,
+	type StreamTargetChunk,
 } from './target';
 export {
-	AnyIterable,
+	type AnyIterable,
 	ConcurrentRunner,
 	EventEmitter,
-	EventListenerOptions,
-	FilePath,
-	MaybePromise,
+	type EventListenerOptions,
+	type FilePath,
+	type MaybePromise,
 } from './misc';
 export {
-	PsshBox,
+	type PsshBox,
 } from './isobmff/isobmff-misc';
 export {
-	Rational,
-	Rectangle,
-	Rotation,
-	SetOptional,
-	SetRequired,
+	type Rational,
+	type Rectangle,
+	type Rotation,
+	type SetOptional,
+	type SetRequired,
 } from './misc';
 export {
-	TrackType,
+	type TrackType,
 	ALL_TRACK_TYPES,
 } from './output';
 export {
 	Source,
-	SourceEvents,
+	type SourceEvents,
 	SourceRef,
-	SourceRequest,
+	type SourceRequest,
 	BlobSource,
-	BlobSourceOptions,
+	type BlobSourceOptions,
 	BufferSource,
 	CustomPathedSource,
 	FilePathSource,
-	FilePathSourceOptions,
+	type FilePathSourceOptions,
 	PathedSource,
 	StreamSource,
-	StreamSourceOptions,
+	type StreamSourceOptions,
 	RangedSource,
 	ReadableStreamSource,
-	ReadableStreamSourceOptions,
+	type ReadableStreamSourceOptions,
 	UrlSource,
-	UrlSourceOptions,
+	type UrlSourceOptions,
 } from './source';
 export {
 	InputFormat,
-	InputFormatOptions,
+	type InputFormatOptions,
 	AdtsInputFormat,
 	FlacInputFormat,
 	IsobmffInputFormat,
-	IsobmffInputFormatOptions,
+	type IsobmffInputFormatOptions,
 	HlsInputFormat,
 	MatroskaInputFormat,
 	Mp3InputFormat,
@@ -216,38 +216,38 @@ export {
 } from './input-format';
 export {
 	Input,
-	InputOptions,
-	InputEvents,
+	type InputOptions,
+	type InputEvents,
 	InputDisposedError,
 	UnsupportedInputFormatError,
 } from './input';
 export {
-	DurationMetadataRequestOptions,
+	type DurationMetadataRequestOptions,
 } from './demuxer';
 export {
 	InputTrack,
 	InputVideoTrack,
 	InputAudioTrack,
-	InputTrackQuery,
-	PacketStats,
+	type InputTrackQuery,
+	type PacketStats,
 	asc,
 	desc,
 	prefer,
 } from './input-track';
 export {
 	EncodedPacket,
-	EncodedPacketSideData,
-	PacketType,
+	type EncodedPacketSideData,
+	type PacketType,
 } from './packet';
 export {
 	AudioSample,
-	AudioSampleInit,
-	AudioSampleCopyToOptions,
+	type AudioSampleInit,
+	type AudioSampleCopyToOptions,
 	VideoSample,
-	VideoSampleInit,
-	VideoSamplePixelFormat,
+	type VideoSampleInit,
+	type VideoSamplePixelFormat,
 	VideoSampleColorSpace,
-	CropRectangle,
+	type CropRectangle,
 	VIDEO_SAMPLE_PIXEL_FORMATS,
 } from './sample';
 export {
@@ -255,20 +255,20 @@ export {
 	AudioSampleSink,
 	BaseMediaSampleSink,
 	CanvasSink,
-	CanvasSinkOptions,
+	type CanvasSinkOptions,
 	EncodedPacketSink,
-	PacketRetrievalOptions,
+	type PacketRetrievalOptions,
 	VideoSampleSink,
-	WrappedAudioBuffer,
-	WrappedCanvas,
+	type WrappedAudioBuffer,
+	type WrappedCanvas,
 } from './media-sink';
 export {
 	Conversion,
-	ConversionOptions,
-	ConversionVideoOptions,
-	ConversionAudioOptions,
+	type ConversionOptions,
+	type ConversionVideoOptions,
+	type ConversionAudioOptions,
 	ConversionCanceledError,
-	DiscardedTrack,
+	type DiscardedTrack,
 } from './conversion';
 export {
 	CustomVideoDecoder,
@@ -279,11 +279,11 @@ export {
 	registerEncoder,
 } from './custom-coder';
 export {
-	MetadataTags,
-	AttachedImage,
+	type MetadataTags,
+	type AttachedImage,
 	RichImageData,
 	AttachedFile,
-	TrackDisposition,
+	type TrackDisposition,
 } from './metadata';
 
 // 🐡🦔
diff --git a/src/media-source.ts b/src/media-source.ts
index a40b28a..34a054a 100644
--- a/src/media-source.ts
+++ b/src/media-source.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,13 @@ import {
 	customAudioEncoders,
 } from './custom-coder';
 import { EncodedPacket, EncodedPacketSideData } from './packet';
-import { AudioSample, clampCropRectangle, VideoSample } from './sample';
+import {
+	AudioSample,
+	audioSampleToInterleavedFormat,
+	clampCropRectangle,
+	toInterleavedAudioFormat,
+	VideoSample,
+} from './sample';
 import {
 	AudioEncodingConfig,
 	buildAudioEncoderConfig,
@@ -1888,6 +1894,21 @@ class AudioEncoderWrapper {
 	private async processAndEncode(audioSample: AudioSample, shouldClose: boolean) {
 		const config = this.encodingConfig;
 
+		if (
+			config.transform?.sampleFormat !== undefined
+			&& toInterleavedAudioFormat(audioSample.format) !== config.transform.sampleFormat
+		) {
+			// Do a sample format conversion
+			const newSample = audioSampleToInterleavedFormat(audioSample, config.transform.sampleFormat);
+
+			if (shouldClose) {
+				audioSample.close();
+			}
+
+			audioSample = newSample;
+			shouldClose = true;
+		}
+
 		if (config.transform?.process) {
 			let processed = config.transform.process(audioSample);
 			if (processed instanceof Promise) {
@@ -1910,6 +1931,10 @@ class AudioEncoderWrapper {
 				}
 				await this.encodeSample(sample, true);
 			}
+
+			if (shouldClose) {
+				audioSample.close();
+			}
 		} else {
 			await this.encodeSample(audioSample, shouldClose);
 		}
diff --git a/src/sample.ts b/src/sample.ts
index c60474c..844e335 100644
--- a/src/sample.ts
+++ b/src/sample.ts
@@ -1953,6 +1953,21 @@ const isAudioData = (x: unknown): x is AudioData => {
 	return typeof AudioData !== 'undefined' && x instanceof AudioData;
 };
 
+export const toInterleavedAudioFormat = (format: AudioSampleFormat): 'u8' | 's16' | 's32' | 'f32' => {
+	switch (format) {
+		case 'u8-planar':
+			return 'u8';
+		case 's16-planar':
+			return 's16';
+		case 's32-planar':
+			return 's32';
+		case 'f32-planar':
+			return 'f32';
+		default:
+			return format;
+	}
+};
+
 /**
  * WebKit has a bug where calling AudioData.copyTo with a format different from the source format
  * crashes the tab when there are more than 2 channels. This function works around that by always
@@ -2061,3 +2076,18 @@ const doAudioDataCopyToWebKitWorkaround = (
 		}
 	}
 };
+
+export const audioSampleToInterleavedFormat = (sample: AudioSample, format: 'u8' | 's16' | 's32' | 'f32') => {
+	const size = sample.allocationSize({ format, planeIndex: 0 });
+	const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(size);
+	sample.copyTo(buffer, { format, planeIndex: 0 });
+
+	return new AudioSample({
+		data: buffer,
+		format,
+		numberOfChannels: sample.numberOfChannels,
+		sampleRate: sample.sampleRate,
+		timestamp: sample.timestamp,
+		duration: sample.duration,
+	});
+};
diff --git a/test/browser/flac-encoder-extension.test.ts b/test/browser/flac-encoder-extension.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b75ae02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/browser/flac-encoder-extension.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest';
+import { Input } from '../../src/input.js';
+import { ALL_FORMATS } from '../../src/input-format.js';
+import { AudioSampleSource } from '../../src/media-source.js';
+import { AudioSampleSink } from '../../src/media-sink.js';
+import { assert } from '../../src/misc.js';
+import { Output } from '../../src/output.js';
+import { FlacOutputFormat } from '../../src/output-format.js';
+import { AudioSample } from '../../src/sample.js';
+import { BufferSource } from '../../src/source.js';
+import { BufferTarget } from '../../src/target.js';
+import { registerFlacEncoder } from '@mediabunny/flac-encoder';
+
+test('FLAC encoder, 24-bit', async () => {
+	registerFlacEncoder();
+
+	const sampleRate = 48000;
+	const channels = 2;
+	const durationSeconds = 2;
+	const data = createF32SineWave(sampleRate, channels, durationSeconds);
+
+	using sample = await encodeAndDecodeFirstSample(new AudioSample({
+		data,
+		format: 'f32',
+		numberOfChannels: channels,
+		sampleRate,
+		timestamp: 0,
+	}));
+
+	expect(sample.format).toBe('s32');
+});
+
+test('FLAC encoder, 16-bit', async () => {
+	registerFlacEncoder();
+
+	const sampleRate = 48000;
+	const channels = 2;
+	const durationSeconds = 2;
+	const data = createS16SineWave(sampleRate, channels, durationSeconds);
+
+	using sample = await encodeAndDecodeFirstSample(new AudioSample({
+		data,
+		format: 's16',
+		numberOfChannels: channels,
+		sampleRate,
+		timestamp: 0,
+	}));
+
+	expect(sample.format).toBe('s16');
+});
+
+const createF32SineWave = (sampleRate: number, channels: number, durationSeconds: number) => {
+	const totalFrames = sampleRate * durationSeconds;
+	const data = new Float32Array(totalFrames * channels);
+
+	for (let i = 0; i < totalFrames; i++) {
+		const value = Math.sin(2 * Math.PI * 440 * i / sampleRate);
+		for (let ch = 0; ch < channels; ch++) {
+			data[i * channels + ch] = value;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return data;
+};
+
+const createS16SineWave = (sampleRate: number, channels: number, durationSeconds: number) => {
+	const totalFrames = sampleRate * durationSeconds;
+	const data = new Int16Array(totalFrames * channels);
+
+	for (let i = 0; i < totalFrames; i++) {
+		const value = Math.round(Math.sin(2 * Math.PI * 440 * i / sampleRate) * 32767);
+		for (let ch = 0; ch < channels; ch++) {
+			data[i * channels + ch] = value;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return data;
+};
+
+const encodeAndDecodeFirstSample = async (audioSample: AudioSample) => {
+	const output = new Output({
+		format: new FlacOutputFormat(),
+		target: new BufferTarget(),
+	});
+
+	const audioSource = new AudioSampleSource({ codec: 'flac' });
+	output.addAudioTrack(audioSource);
+
+	await output.start();
+	await audioSource.add(audioSample);
+	audioSource.close();
+	await output.finalize();
+
+	using input = new Input({
+		source: new BufferSource(output.target.buffer!),
+		formats: ALL_FORMATS,
+	});
+
+	const track = await input.getPrimaryAudioTrack();
+	assert(track);
+
+	const sink = new AudioSampleSink(track);
+	const sample = await sink.getSample(0);
+	assert(sample);
+
+	return sample;
+};
diff --git a/test/node/flac-encoder-extension.test.ts b/test/node/flac-encoder-extension.test.ts
index eecf8d9..2010ff3 100644
--- a/test/node/flac-encoder-extension.test.ts
+++ b/test/node/flac-encoder-extension.test.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ test('FLAC encoding', async () => {
 		target: new BufferTarget(),
 	});
 
-	const audioSource = new AudioSampleSource({ codec: 'flac', bitrate: 1 });
+	const audioSource = new AudioSampleSource({ codec: 'flac' });
 	output.addAudioTrack(audioSource);
 
 	await output.start();
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ test('FLAC with huge timestamps', async () => {
 		target: new BufferTarget(),
 	});
 
-	const audioSource = new AudioSampleSource({ codec: 'flac', bitrate: 1 });
+	const audioSource = new AudioSampleSource({ codec: 'flac' });
 	output.addAudioTrack(audioSource);
 
 	await output.start();