January 4, 2024

Convert files to .ogg from .flac from the command line with ffmpeg

Run:

$ ffmpeg -i file.flac file.ogg

The GNU/Linux distribution you use might already have ffmpeg installed. To check, run $ apt list ffmpeg | grep installed. If the output is empty, install ffmpeg, run $ sudo apt install ffmpeg.

For many files, you can use Bash:

$ for i in *.flac; do ffmpeg -i "$i" "${i%.*}.ogg"; done

ffmpeg is copyleft-licensed.

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