Convert all .wavs in folder to mp3

wav-to-mp3.md

Convert all .wav files to .mp3

for i in *.wav; do ffmpeg -i "$i" -vn -ar 44100 -ac 2 -b:a 192k "${i%.*}.mp3"; done

• I don't have time to look up -vn, -ar, -ac or -b:a.
• 44100 is fine for almost all cases.
• Use common quality values like [64k, 128k, 192k, 256k, 320k]

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Source Answer 1:

By: llogan (Stack Overflow) Converts all .avi files to .mp4

for i in *.avi; do ffmpeg -i "$i" "${i%.*}.mp4"; done

Source Answer 2:

By: Frank (Stack Overflow) Converts a single .wav file to .mp3

ffmpeg -i input.wav -vn -ar 44100 -ac 2 -b:a 192k output.mp3