convert video file to .ogg

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Published on 2012-11-29T21:17:31Z Indexed on 2012/11/29 23:19 UTC
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ogg-vorbis

I've been having trouble with this because I'm new to Linux: I would like to convert different video formats to ogv. I found some terminal commands like this: ffmpeg -i input.avi -acodec libvorbis -ac 1 -b 768k output.ogg

The problem with these type of commands is that they are intended to change bit rate, fps, or even resolution. I would like to just change the file format without changing anything else about the video.

I looked at the man pages for ffmpeg and found some useful info but I don't know how to space command-line options.

Are there any easy ways to do this? In addition, is there a command to change the bit rate so that it doesn't go over a certain rate?

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