[FFmpeg-user] How to extract audio from video without re-encoding?

[Moritz Barsnick]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 10:49:15 +0200, Android PowerUser wrote:
> Android PowerUser <tschikruma at gmail.com> schrieb am Mo., 11. Okt. 2021,
> 10:38:

> -vn -c:a copy

Agree.

[...]
> M4A is probably the best container for all expenses.

I consider M4A quite restricted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_container_formats#Audio_coding_formats_support

Matroska (MKV) is much more flexible, as is ffmpeg's own NUT format.

Cheers,
Moritz