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Convert media files in command line with using ffmpeg

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Install ffmpeg via homebrew

$ brew install ffmpeg

Converting single file

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.mp3

Converting whole directory of files

for i in *.avi; do ffmpeg -i "$i" -qscale 0 "$(basename "$i" .avi)".mov  ; done