ffmpeg: set variable bitrate

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I solved this one. For lame, it expects one of 0-9 as parameters for audio quality. So by passing 1 to -q:a I got the result I wanted.

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From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
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Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 04:39:20 -0500
Subject: ffmpeg: set variable bitrate

> I have a bunch of m4a files that I want to convert to mp3 vbr, average 192kpbs.
> Command looks like this:
> ffmpeg -hide_banner -i input.m4a -q:a 192 oput.mp3
>
> I end up with something with an average bitrate of 62kbps. How does this q:a option actually work? The manual is very sparse there.
>
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