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6 commands for ffmpeg basic conversion

// basic conversion

6 commands
Convert MP4 to WebM
$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.webm
Convert MKV to MP4 without re-encoding
$ ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c copy output.mp4
Remux container without transcoding
$ ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c copy output.mp4
Convert to H.265 HEVC for smaller file size
$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx265 -crf 28 -c:a aac output.mp4
Convert AVI to MP4 with H.264
$ ffmpeg -i input.avi -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -c:a aac output.mp4
Convert video to audio-only format
$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vn -c:a libmp3lame -q:a 2 output.mp3

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