How to Convert Media Files Using FFmpeg and Termux – Guide

Termux is a terminal emulator for Android that we love. Yesterday, we saw how to download any video with Termux. And today, we’re going to take a look at how to use it to convert any video on Android with FFmpeg. There is no real advantage to using Termux over the Android video converting apps you can find on the Google Play Store. However, using the terminal definitely feels geeky and you can support FFmpeg 100’s of video and image formats. There are no real benefits of using Termux over Video Converter for Android apps that you can find on the Google Play Store. ..

Although using the terminal definitely looks challenging and you can FFmpeg support hundreds of video and image formats. Thanks again to Gabi Tiplea for providing the source code. This method should work in conjunction with our previous YouTube dl library. Then open the Termux app and copy and paste 4 commands in the same order. Just copy and paste them. Some commands to load the library will be executed. wget https://pastebin.com/raw/qBV2u7Ey -O install.sh dos2unix install.sh chmod u + x install.sh ./install.sh

Convert media files using FFmpeg and Termux

  1. Open FFmpeg and Termux on your computer.
  2. Choose the media type you want to convert: video, audio, or both.
  3. Click on the “Convert” button.
  4. In the “Convert Output” field, enter the name of your media file and click on the “Convert” button.

Install the Termux app

Install the FFmpeg package

Open Termux and navigate to the following location: /Applications/Termux.app/Contents/MacOS/termux

grep -v ‘^#’ /etc/passwd This command will search the file /etc/passwd for the string “password” and print out the results.

Enable storage access for Termux

termux -s android This will enable Termux to access Android storage.

Convert your media files

After following these steps, you can open Termux and browse to the media location on your device. You can then use the FFmpeg command to convert your media files. For example, let’s convert a FLAC audio file found in the music folder on our device’s internal shared storage.

cd /home/username/ This will change the current working directory to the home directory of username.

ls -l This command will show the contents of the music directory, including any files that have been hidden with the hidden command: hidden ls -l ..

ogg -o myfile.ogg

ffmpeg -i myfile.flac -c:a opus myfile.ogg -vcodec libavcodec -acodec lavc

Final note

This guide will show you how to convert media files using FFmpeg and Termux. If you have any questions about this article, please feel free to ask us in the comments below. Additionally, please share this article with your friends if you enjoyed it! ..