[MPlayer-users] mencoder: flac audio output?

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Jorge Fábregas wrote:
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> I'm trying to convert this ASF file (just audio) with:
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>  mencoder stream.asf -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=flac -o output.flac
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> but Mplayer complains with "Video stream is mandatory!"
>
> I tried:
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>  mencoder -novideo stream.asf -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=flac -o output.flac
>
> but it get the same message.  Is this possible at all? Any ideas?
make a chain using mplayer and pipe the output to mencoder:
1. mplayer with -vc dummy -vo null option
2. mencoder with your option
Under linux you can make it directly, under windows I suggest to write a 
temporary wav file.
regards DR