Various ffmpeg commands for converting video and audio files.

ffmpeg.sh

# This script contains examples for converting media files between various encodings.

## Copy a media file with the same codec
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c copy output.mp4

## Combine a video and audio file into one file
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -i audio.mp3 -c copy output.mkv

## Extract the audio from a video file
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -q:a 0 -map a output.mp3

## Convert a video file from AVI format to Makostra file with libx264 video and libvorbis audio encoding.
ffmpeg -i input.avi -f matroska -vcodec libx264 -acodec libvorbis output.mkv