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FFmpeg is definitely in one of the lowest circles of Hell. I did figure out the very simple switches to convert WAV to FLAC. Mercifully I don't need it for any
by AlbertCory 4y ago
FFmpeg is definitely in one of the lowest circles of Hell.
I did figure out the very simple switches to convert WAV to FLAC. Mercifully I don't need it for anything else (yet).
- mort96 4y agoIsn't that just `ffmpeg -i myfile.wav convertedfile.flac`? That's how all other video/audio file format conversion options work at least.
- AlbertCory 4y agoIndeed. Once you ignore all the other bazillion things you can do, you attain bliss.
- zolland 4y agoThat simple use case is literally the first piece of code on the home page of the ffmpeg website haha you don't really have to ignore anything
- AlbertCory 4y agoThat must be what happened, then :) Of course, you still have this morbid curiosity: "Is that it? What am I not seeing?" Then you shudder and close the page.
- alex_sf 4y agoIt can be complex, but given what it's capable of doing and how well it does it, I'd put it in purgatory at worst.
- calo_star 4y agoSo it isn't just me then! There was this one time, I downloaded a piece of porn in h.265 .mkv and I wanted to change its container to mp4 using ffmpeg(so that I could view it on iPad), and I actually, actually got pissed. In the end I just re-encoded the whole thing using Handbrake. The documentation does not explain its syntax.