Simple MP3 to Video for sharing on Facebook

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Wanted to share a short sample audio file (MP3) on Facebook, but they only accept images or video. So... found a quick and simple way to convert an MP3, using ffmpeg to a black video with sound. 😛

> ffmpeg ^
    -f lavfi ^
    -i color=s=160x120:r=2 ^
    -i AudioFile.mp3 ^
    -c:v libx264 ^
    -preset ultrafast ^
    -c:a copy ^
    -shortest ^
    VideoFile.mp4