OT: Batch converting .flv to .mp3 using ffmpeg

[Matthew Flaschen]

Willy K. Hamra wrote:
> i'm not very knowledgeable in bash scripts and it's loop functions, but
> it seems reasonable for me to do a:
> 
> for i in *.flv; do ffmpeg -i $i -vn $i.mp3
> 
> not sure if $i.mp3 is a legal option
FFMPEG isn't interpreting the variable, the shell is.

> create a file.flv.mp3 name. still needs some minor editing :P

Right.  To handle the extension, use:

for i in *.flv; do ffmpeg -i "$i" -vn "${i%flv}mp3"; done

Matt Flaschen