Let's say I have a movie file which is 6 hours long - is there any way to make it into twelve 30-minute MP3 files with FFMPEG?

I tried:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -codec copy -map 0 -f segment -segment_time 1800 output%03d.mp3

The error message came:

ffmpeg version 1.0.10 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
built on Jul 25 2014 07:41:31 with gcc 4.7 (Debian 4.7.2-5)
configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-cflags='-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security ' --extra-ldflags='-Wl,-z,relro' --cc='ccache cc' --enable-shared --enable-libmp3lame --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-libfaac --enable-libxvid --enable-postproc --enable-x11grab --enable-libgsm --enable-libtheora --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libx264 --enable-libspeex --enable-nonfree --disable-stripping --enable-libvpx --enable-libschroedinger --disable-encoder=libschroedinger --enable-version3 --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-avfilter --enable-libfreetype --enable-libvo-aacenc --disable-decoder=amrnb --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libaacplus --libdir=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu --disable-vda --enable-libbluray --enable-libcdio --enable-gnutls --enable-frei0r --enable-openssl --enable-libass --enable-libopus --enable-fontconfig --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libdc1394 --disable-altivec --disab libavutil 51. 73.101 / 51. 73.101
libavcodec 54. 59.100 / 54. 59.100
libavformat 54. 29.104 / 54. 29.104
libavdevice 54. 2.101 / 54. 2.101
libavfilter 3. 17.100 / 3. 17.100
libswscale 2. 1.101 / 2. 1.101
libswresample 0. 15.100 / 0. 15.100
libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'input.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : mp42
minor_version : 0
compatible_brands: isommp42
creation_time : 2015-09-17 09:20:49
Duration: 00:12:31.76, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 328 kb/s
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 640x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 230 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 30k tbn, 59.94 tbc
Metadata:
handler_name : VideoHandler
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 95 kb/s
Metadata:
creation_time : 2015-09-17 09:20:51
handler_name : IsoMedia File Produced by Google, 5-11-2011
[mp3 @ 0x8b11960] Invalid audio stream. Exactly one MP3 audio stream is required.
Output #0, segment, to 'output%03d.mp3':
Metadata:
major_brand : mp42
minor_version : 0
compatible_brands: isommp42
encoder : Lavf54.29.104
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 640x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 230 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 90k tbn, 29.97 tbc
Metadata:
handler_name : VideoHandler
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, 95 kb/s
Metadata:
creation_time : 2015-09-17 09:20:51
handler_name : IsoMedia File Produced by Google, 5-11-2011
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?): Invalid argument

if you convert to mpeg you should just be able to use normal file tools like dd to chop it into segments, at least I assume you can as you can just concat to mpeg files and they will play ok as one big file

Hi
This command works for me with FFmpeg version git-2015-10-28.
The result is like this
filename_000.mp3
filename_001.mp3
filename_002.mp3
etc

example
My filename.mp4 has one video track and one audio track.
You might need to use the "map" option if your file has more than one audio track.

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It worked!