Skip to main content
Unix & Linux

You are not logged in. Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.

We welcome edits that make the post easier to understand and more valuable for readers. Because community members review edits, please try to make the post substantially better than how you found it, for example, by fixing grammar or adding additional resources and hyperlinks.

Required fields*

6
  • 1
    while the mp4 video contains aac audio, not mp3, is that keeping the audio stream without transcoding? Commented Nov 28, 2014 at 9:26
  • 1
    Didn't take care of output file extension, my mistake. Updated the answer. Anyway, if you read the full answer, you will find that -acodec copy, this avoid transcoding. Commented Nov 28, 2014 at 9:28
  • 1
    i suggest m4a (container for aac) instead of aac, because it seems that is not easy to play Commented Nov 28, 2014 at 9:35
  • is it possible, while ussing ffmpeg or avconv, to have a command without mentioning the real names of input/output files, so that the command be used as such? (i would like to use that in a context menu action in nemo file manager) Commented Nov 28, 2014 at 9:39
  • 1
    You might want to use a variable or something like that, but is better is you ask a question with all specific details. Commented Nov 28, 2014 at 9:42