I tried the following command to extract audio from video:
ffmpeg -i Sample.avi -vn -ar 44100 -ac 2 -ab 192k -f mp3 Sample.mp3
but I get the following output
libavutil 50.15. 1 / 50.15. 1
libavcodec 52.72. 2 / 52.72. 2
libavformat 52.64. 2 / 52.64. 2
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libavfilter 1.19. 0 / 1.19. 0
libswscale 0.11. 0 / 0.11. 0
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
SamplE.avi: Invalid data found when processing input
Can anyone help, please?
Just ensure that you have the right extensions and FFmpeg will do the conversion for you. In this case, FFmpeg with re-encode the video and provide it in an mp3 container. That's it and with these two simple commands, you should be able to transcode your audio from one codec to another (or switch containers).
To extract the audio stream without re-encoding:
ffmpeg -i input-video.avi -vn -acodec copy output-audio.aac
-vn
is no video. -acodec copy
says use the same audio stream that's already in there. Read the output to see what codec it is, to set the right filename extension.
To encode a high quality MP3 or MP4 audio from a movie file (eg AVI, MP4, MOV, etc) or audio file (eg WAV), I find it's best to use -q:a 0
for variable bit rate and it's good practice to specify -map a
to exclude video/subtitles and only grab audio:
ffmpeg -i sample.avi -q:a 0 -map a sample.mp3
If you want to extract a portion of audio from a video use the -ss
option to specify the starting timestamp, and the -t
option to specify the encoding duration, eg from 3 minutes and 5 seconds in for 45 seconds:
ffmpeg -i sample.avi -ss 00:03:05 -t 00:00:45.0 -q:a 0 -map a sample.mp3
The timestamps need to be in HH:MM:SS.xxx format or in seconds.
If you don't specify the -t option it will go to the end.
You can use the -to option instead of the -t option, if you want to specify the range, eg for 45 seconds: 00:03:05 + 45 = 00:03:50
Working example:
Windows
Mac/Linux
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