On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 12:11 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Adalbert Prokop wrote: > > Bob Goodwin wrote on Sunday 16 September 2007: > > > > > >> Can someone tell me how to convert audio .wmv to .wav, .mp3, or .ogg? > >> > > > > lame file.wav file.mp3 > > > > or > > > > oggenc -o file.ogg file.wav > > > > That should do the trick. ;) Lame is in the "lame" package and oggenc is > > part of the "vorbis-tools" package. > > > > If you want to set the bitrate, CBR/VBR setting or other options you will > > have to read the manual pages. > > > > > >> I tried ImageMagick 'convert' but I don't seem to be able to make it > >> work, perhaps because I don't have the command right? As usual I'm > >> having trouble with the man page ... > >> > > > > The reference to "image formats" clearly states, that it's for pictures, > > not for sound files. > Unfortunately the file I received and want to convert is ".wmv" and the > above applications apparently don't support wmv? This .wmv file is only > audio, no images? > > I can play this .wmv audio file with vlc but then I need a way to record > it as something else such as .wav which I can then compress to ogg or mp3. > > Lame does produce an mp3 file but it looks like white noise when > displayed with Audacity. Aplayer also produces a blast of white noise > in the loudspeaker. This would be about the same thing, converting from a video format to audio only. ffmpeg -i input.flv -ar 48000 -ac 2 output.mp3 is what I use to convert .flv to mp3 or wav or whatever, like ogg. It'll take a video converter to handle this. Not an audio one. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
