From c6fb043968d3019a2df250a9417f7c6e05d053f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: RasmusMathiesen Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:27:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify the effect of -x / --extract-audio Make it clear that specifying a target bitrate does not force conversion if source and target format is the same --- README.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 01f975958..6766a791d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -386,8 +386,12 @@ Alternatively, refer to the [developer instructions](#developer-instructions) fo ## Post-processing Options: -x, --extract-audio Convert video files to audio-only files + or convert audio to different format (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or - avprobe) + avprobe). Conversion only happens when + source and target formats are different, + regardless of source and target quality/ + bitrate --audio-format FORMAT Specify audio format: "best", "aac", "flac", "mp3", "m4a", "opus", "vorbis", or "wav"; "best" by default; No effect without