Ripping sound from videos with mplayer

[Robin Laing]

Ric Moore wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 16:55 +0000, Mark Knoop wrote:
>> On 11/01/07, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 13:00 +0000, Mark Knoop wrote:
>>>> On 11/01/07, Roberto Malinverni <roberto.malinverni at dico.coop.it> wrote:
>>>>> I remember a switch like "-ao pcm", and you should even be able to specify
>>>>> the otput files's name.
>>>> mplayer -noframedrop -vo null -vc dummy -ao pcm:file=outfile.wav yourfilm
>>> That works! but is that stereo? It sounds like mono output, kinda flat
>>> between the speakers. Which tools do you use? Ric
>> It will (should) be what's ever in the original. What do you get from
>>
>> mplayer -frames 0 -identify yourfilm | grep AUDIO:
> Well, here's an educational opportunity for me and probably for others.
> Your suggestion produced some fine wav files. I cranked up k3b,
> converted them to mp3 format, they play back just fine with mplayer, but
> k3b claims that they are now unsupported formats, after it did such a
> great job of converting them to mp3. What gives? I'm trying to make a CD
> for my traveling enjoyment and what it converted it cannot use????
> 
> Man, I'm confused here. The only format my car stereo will accept is
> MP3, right?? Or, am I in need of some education here. Thank you for your
> help. Ric
> 
Just a shot in the dark.  A k3b-mp3 plug-in?

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Robin Laing