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---
title: Downmixing audio channels
tags:
- Media
emoji: 🎵
link: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/AudioChannelManipulation
---
```bash
ls -1 *.mp4 | xargs -I{} ffmpeg -y -i {} -ac 2 -c:v copy /path/to/out/{}
```
Downmixes multi-channel audio into stereo. Reduces the chances of weird things happening during playback.
`-c:v copy` is important for performance as it means the video isn't re-encoded (10x improvement in speed).