Stanron wrote: In a Linux operating System ffmpeg is a 'terminal command'. Is that a 'console command' in Windows?

Yes. You can install ffmpeg in Windows, it's just the same. (Or if you're used to Linux you can run it under WSL.)

Is it easier than using Audacity? Only for a very few values of 'easier'. I might use it if I wanted to record unattended - a timed (cron) job. Or if I wanted to avoid or minimise re-encoding, with consequent loss of quality.

But for most uses and most users, especially under Windows, Audacity (or some other GUI program) is easier IMO.