[SoX-users] bit depth

[R K. <ric...@bt...>]

I'm an inexperienced user trying to understand more about audio, but I'm
puzzled by sox's reporting of bit depth.

If I use sox to convert a 16 bit 44100 file to a 24 bit file, test.flac
soxi test.flac   gives:-
Input File     : 'test.flac'
Channels       : 2
Sample Rate    : 44100
Precision      : 24-bit
Duration       : 00:08:10.00 = 21609000 samples = 36750 CDDA sectors
File Size      : 40.4M
Bit Rate       : 659k
Sample Encoding: 24-bit FLAC

But if I do sox test.flac -n stats I get (inter alia):-
Bit-depth      16/16
Num samples    21.6M

Why is this?
I'm using SoX v14.4.1 on Ubuntu 15.10

-Richard.
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Richard Kimber