On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Andrew Valenkov < manwithgoodtaste-at-yahoo....@ffmpeg.org> wrote:
> Hello, everyone I guess. Never used such "mailing lists" before to > communicate with a bunch of people at once. > Welcome! > I am trying to become more computer-savvy, and learn all the digital > multimedia trickery. I am also trying my best to preserve select YouTube > videos in their original quality. > Kieran O Leary's original comment would do it: ffmpeg -i videofile -i audiofile -c copy output.mkv (note, if you can't play it back afterwards, change it to output.mp4). > The situation is such: I have a video file with no audio, and the original > audio from that video, both in /Downloads folder. I have searched for the > solution, and seem to have found the command for the Terminal. But the > closest thing to success I got was "no such command found" or "no such file > or directory found". > This is probably the bigger part of your problem. If you don't have FFmpeg already (which if it isn't downloaded and installed https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-mac, telling the computer to run a program it doesn't have wouldn't help any). I don't have a Mac and freely admit my experience is poo, so I can't help you with the install process, maybe someone else on the forum can walk you through with their eyes closed in that aspect. > I am a Mac El Capitan user, and have almost no Terminal experience. In > other words, a n00b. And help that results in me succeeding is appreciated. > > > _______________________________________________ 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".