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submitted 9 months ago by jackpot@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

i have a bunch of .m4a files in one folder, 1000s. can i automate their conversion somehow?

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[-] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 1 points 8 months ago

That's the point: you have to go out of your way to accidentally overwrite your input files with ffmpeg.

And no it indeed can't output to the same file as input.

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