ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
--audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav";
best by default
- --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio bitrate specification, 128k by
- default
+ --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a
+ value between 0 (highest) and 9 (lowest) or a
+ specific bitrate like 128 (default 5)
-k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
processing; the video is erased by default
extension = 'mp3'
more_opts = []
if self._preferredquality is not None:
- more_opts += [self._exes['avconv'] and '-b:a' or '-ab', self._preferredquality]
+ if int(self._preferredquality) < 10:
+ more_opts += [self._exes['avconv'] and '-q:a' or '-aq', self._preferredquality]
+ else:
+ more_opts += [self._exes['avconv'] and '-b:a' or '-ab', self._preferredquality]
else:
# We convert the audio (lossy)
acodec = {'mp3': 'libmp3lame', 'aac': 'aac', 'm4a': 'aac', 'vorbis': 'libvorbis', 'wav': None}[self._preferredcodec]
extension = self._preferredcodec
more_opts = []
if self._preferredquality is not None:
- more_opts += [self._exes['avconv'] and '-b:a' or '-ab', self._preferredquality]
+ if int(self._preferredquality) < 10:
+ more_opts += [self._exes['avconv'] and '-q:a' or '-aq', self._preferredquality]
+ else:
+ more_opts += [self._exes['avconv'] and '-b:a' or '-ab', self._preferredquality]
if self._preferredcodec == 'aac':
more_opts += ['-f', 'adts']
if self._preferredcodec == 'm4a':
help='convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)')
postproc.add_option('--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
help='"best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav"; best by default')
- postproc.add_option('--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY', dest='audioquality', default='128K',
- help='ffmpeg/avconv audio bitrate specification, 128k by default')
+ postproc.add_option('--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY', dest='audioquality', default='5',
+ help='ffmpeg/avconv audio quality specification, insert a value between 0 (highest) and 9 (lowest) or a specific bitrate like 128 (default 5)')
postproc.add_option('-k', '--keep-video', action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
help='keeps the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default')