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Audio within mp4 and flv files is AAC, and a proper container for that is m4a. So, in order to extract sound from mp4 and flv I use a command like 

gnome-terminal -e "parallel avconv -i '{}' -map 0:1 -c:a copy '{}.m4a' ::: %F"

and add it to Thunar's custom actions. More here and here.

How to achieve that for Webm? (I read here that the audio contained is Vorbis.)

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Considering the answers linked (in my question above), and the answers linked therein (especially this answer and the comment under it, I dare think that the same line of command can be used in the same way for extracting ogg-vorbis out of Webm video. I welcome comments on whether this is the case.

To be able to convert multiple files, install parallel (see this answer).

 sudo apt-get install parallel

And then, just adapting the mentioned command to extract in ogg-vorbis.

parallel avconv -i '{}' -map 0:1 -c:a copy '{}.ogg' ::: %F

(The idea is to get the same audio content as in the original Webm - and checking both the Webm and the output ogg with mediainfo, I see the same audio specifications.)

This command can be used in Thunar's custom actions in a form similar to 

xfce4-terminal -e "parallel avconv -i '{}' -map 0:1 -c:a copy '{}.ogg' ::: %F"

UPDATE:

I now prefer a different line of command, without the terminal and parallel:

bash -c 'avconv -i "$0" -map 0:1 -c:a copy "${0%%.*}".ogg' %f
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  • mkvextract from the mkvtoolnix package can also be used, but while you are not using MP4Box for the MP4 container, you might want to stick with ffmpeg. – LiveWireBT Aug 30 '13 at 10:28