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submitted 8 months ago by jackpot@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

i have a bunch of .m4a files in one folder, 1000s. can i automate their conversion somehow?

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[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

Sure, but if it errors out no harm no foul, and don't pass any flags to overwrite the input file which I had not included above.

While I'm thinking about it, what is that flag? Because afaik ffmpeg can't overwrite and convert the file simultaneously, you have to use a temp file.

[-] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 1 points 7 months ago

That's the point: you have to go out of your way to accidentally overwrite your input files with ffmpeg.

And no it indeed can't output to the same file as input.

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