Here’s a ready-to-use command for Young Sheldon Season 5, Episode 1 (assuming you have a video file named accordingly). Basic conversion (e.g., to H.264/MP4) ffmpeg -i "Young.Sheldon.S05E01.mkv" -c:v libx264 -c:a aac "Young.Sheldon.S05E01.mp4" Compress for smaller size (good for archiving) ffmpeg -i "Young.Sheldon.S05E01.mkv" -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -preset medium -c:a aac -b:a 128k "output.mp4" Extract just the audio (e.g., for a clip) ffmpeg -i "Young.Sheldon.S05E01.mkv" -vn -acodec mp3 -b:a 192k "audio.mp3" Cut a specific time segment (e.g., 10 min to 15 min) ffmpeg -i "Young.Sheldon.S05E01.mkv" -ss 00:10:00 -to 00:15:00 -c copy "clip.mp4" Note: Replace input filename with your actual file name. If you need a specific output format, resolution change, subtitle burn-in, or hardware encoding (NVENC/VAAPI) , let me know and I’ll adjust the command.