[MPlayer-users] mencoder: flac audio output?

[The Wanderer]

Jorge Fábregas wrote:

> On Saturday 17 February 2007 8:37 am, info at danielerossi.net wrote:
> 
>> 1. make a fake blank video of the exact lenght of your audio file
>> (in windows via avisynth)
>> 2.convert this temporary audio+video stream with mencoder
>> 3. use mplayer with -dumpaudio to demux the stream
>> 4. delete temporary files.
> 
> Hi DR,
> 
> That's too complicated. I'm going to keep using the same script I
> have been using for a year which basically converts the WMA audio (in
> ASF file) to PCM (using mplayer) and then I use the flac command to
> convert it.  I was wondering if there was a way to convert from wma
> audio to pcm on a one liner...(either with mencoder or mplayer).

If all you want is a PCM file, then 'mplayer input.asf -ao
pcm:file=output.wav' should get you what you want. (Also consider the
'fast' suboption.) See the man page under '-ao pcm'.

-- 
       The Wanderer

Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any
side of it.

Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.