This command:
ffmpeg -i left.mp4 -i right.mp4 \
-filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]hstack=inputs=2[v]; \
[0:a][1:a]amerge[a]" \
-map "[v]" -map "[a]" -ac 2 output.mp4
Returns this error:
Stream specifier ':a' in filtergraph description
[0:v][1:v]hstack=inputs=2[v]; [0:a][1:a]amerge[a] matches no streams.