On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 15:11:56 -0600, JD wrote: > Your filename does not contain parentheses, brackets and single quotes > and unprintable characters that > MANY files I download contain in their names. > And THAT is the crux of the problem.
That's no crux. $ for file in *.mkv; do ffmpeg -i "$file" -map 0:a -c:a libmp3lame /targetdir/"${f%.mkv}".mp3; done Fixed that for you. Never forget to quote your variables. Moritz _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".