Extract Audio From A Video With ffmpeg

May 2021

The creates an mp3 file with a variable bit rate:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -q:a 0 -map a output.mp3

Notes

  • A starting point can be set with: -ss 31.3
  • The length can be set with: -t 10.0
  • The -q:a 0 can be dropped and the extension changed from .mp3 to .wav to make a WAV file
  • Making a specific frequency wav file is done with something like this -map a -ar 16000 output.wav for a 16,000 Hz file
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