title: How to create silent .ogg audio file
body: <p>In answer to the question <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1911430" rel="noreferrer">"How-to make a silent mp3 or wav-file" on ubuntuforums.org</a> FakeOutdoorsman provided the following recipe:</p>
  
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    <p>Another method by using FFmpeg. 60 seconds of silent audio in WAV:</p>
    
    <p><code>ffmpeg -ar 48000 -t 60 -f s16le -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -i /dev/zero -acodec copy output.wav</code></p>
    
    <p>60 seconds of silent audio in MP3:</p>
    
    <p><code>ffmpeg -ar 48000 -t 60 -f s16le -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -i /dev/zero -acodec libmp3lame -aq 4 output.mp3</code></p>
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  <p>How could I do something similar to create a silent .ogg audio file?</p>
  
  <p>For a web app, I want to create a very short file for testing whether the browser will preload an audio file, or whether it will wait until the file is actually played before starting to stream it.</p>