Convert FLV to MP3 on Ubuntu 12.10

FLV is a common video format that usually found on online video website such as YouTube and some others. In some cases, we want to convert the FLV video and save the audio into MP3 format. In Linux, especially Ubuntu, we can easily convert FLV to MP3 using FFMpeg package. See how we do it.

A. Install FFMpeg

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

B. Convert FLV video to MP3

To convert, use the following command

ffmpeg -i /home/video/test.flv /home/music/test.mp3

 

Change the /home/video/test.flv with your flv video location and change /home/music/test.mp3 as the destination.