Convert audio files to mp3 using ffmpeg

Question

I need to convert audio files to mp3 using ffmpeg.

When i write the command as ffmpeg -i audio.ogg -acodec mp3 newfile.mp3, I get the error:

FFmpeg version 0.5.2, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: 
  libavutil     49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
  libavcodec    52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1
  libavformat   52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
  libavdevice   52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
  built on Jun 24 2010 14:56:20, gcc: 4.4.1
Input #0, mp3, from 'ZHRE.mp3':
  Duration: 00:04:12.52, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 208 kb/s
    Stream #0.0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 256 kb/s
Output #0, mp3, to 'audio.mp3':
    Stream #0.0: Audio: 0x0000, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Unsupported codec for output stream #0.0

I also ran this command :

 ffmpeg -formats | grep mp3

and got this in response:

FFmpeg version 0.5.2, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: 
  libavutil     49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
  libavcodec    52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1
  libavformat   52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
  libavdevice   52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
  built on Jun 24 2010 14:56:20, gcc: 4.4.1
 DE mp3             MPEG audio layer 3
 D A    mp3             MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
 D A    mp3adu          ADU (Application Data Unit) MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
 D A    mp3on4          MP3onMP4
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I guess that the mp3 codec isnt installed. Am I right here ? Can anyone help me out here ?

Answer 1

1) wav to mp3

ffmpeg -i audio.wav -acodec libmp3lame audio.mp3

2) ogg to mp3

ffmpeg -i audio.ogg -acodec libmp3lame audio.mp3

3) ac3 to mp3

ffmpeg -i audio.ac3 -acodec libmp3lame audio.mp3

4) aac to mp3

ffmpeg -i audio.aac -acodec libmp3lame audio.mp3

Get all ffmpeg conversion formats here.

Answer 2

For batch processing with files in folder aiming for 190 VBR and file extension = .mp3 instead of .ac3.mp3 you can use the following code

Change .ac3 to whatever the source audio format is.

ffmpeg mp3 settings

for f in *.ac3 ; do ffmpeg -i "$f" -acodec libmp3lame -q:a 2 "${f%.*}.mp3"; done

Answer 3

I had to purge my ffmpeg and then install another one from a ppa:

sudo apt-get purge ffmpeg
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:jon-severinsson/ffmpeg 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

Then convert:

 ffmpeg -i audio.ogg -f mp3 newfile.mp3

Answer 4

Try FFmpeg Static Build Link

Documentation: https://www.johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/

Host the static build on your server in same directory

$ffmpeg = dirname(__FILE__).'/ffmpeg';

$command = $ffmpeg.'ffmpeg -i audio.ogg -acodec libmp3lame audio.mp3';

shell_exec($command);