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--- ffmpeg [2023/03/24 17:43] – [Converting] fixed busted example flac to mp3 rjt
+++ ffmpeg [2025/04/14 16:40] (current) – more info on 'copy' ... mb don't need to bang on so much ... rjt
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 <code>ffmpeg -i [input].mp3 -c:a libvorbis -q:a 4 [output].ogg</code>
-Fuck-off those .WEBMs:
+Fuck-off those .WEBMs. ''copy'' here copies those streams, so they're no reencoded, it's just changing the container:
 <code>ffmpeg -i [input].webm -acodec copy -vcodec copy [output].mkv</code>
+A more compact way is to use ''-c'', which will copy over all streams (there's also ''-c:a'' (audio) ''-c:v'' (video) ''-c:s'' (subtitles)…:
+<code>ffmpeg -i [input].webm -c copy [output].mkv</code>
+So if you wanted to copy the video stream and just reencode/change the audio, for example:
+<code>ffmpeg -i [input].[ext] -acodec aac -vcodec copy [output].[ext]</code>
 === Multiple ===
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 <code>for i in *.mp3; do ffmpeg -i "$i" -c:a libvorbis -q:a 4 -map a "${i%.*}.ogg"; done</code>
-You can use the wildcard ''*'' in the file extension to, so if you've got a mix of .mkv and .mp4 files from Youtube you can do. say:
+You can use the wildcard ''*'' in the file extension too, so if you've got a mix of .mkv and .mp4 files from Youtube you can do. say:
 <code>for i in *.m*; do ffmpeg -i "$i" "${i%.*}.ogv"; done</code>
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 Just had an .AVI file throwing error messages about a busted index. Copying the file seemed to fix it.
 <code>ffmpeg -i "inputfile.avi" -c:v copy -c:a copy "outputfile.avi"</code>
+===== Frontends =====
+  * [[https://ffmpeg.lav.io/|FFmpeg Explorer]] - Browser-based GUI with a node-based interface for changing parameters.
 ===== See Also =====