Create a silent mp3 from the command line

Question

I am trying to create a silent / empty mp3 file of (x) seconds using the command line. Quite a simple task I thought!

It seems LAME is able to do something like this, bu

Answer 1

You can use this command.

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i anullsrc=r=44100:cl=mono -t  -q:a 9 -acodec libmp3lame out.mp3

Change to a number indicating the number of seconds of silence you require (for example, 60 will create a minute).