Converting mp4 to mp3 in Ubuntu

Converting mp4 to mp3 in Ubuntu

Converting mp4 files to mp3 can easily be done via the terminal. First install ffmpeg and the necessary codecs by typing:

sudo apt-get install libav-sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec-extra-52
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec-extra-53

Than you can convert your file via:

ffmpeg -v 5 -y -i inputfile.mp4 -acodec libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 192k outputfile.mp3

For example go to the video folder and convert your file like this:

cd Videos
ffmpeg -v 5 -y -i writelikethewind.mp4 -acodec libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 192k writelikethewind.mp3

This should look something like this:

Note that I use ls to get a listing of alle the files in the current directory.

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