[MEncoder-users] Linux Gui for converting from wma to mp3

[Oded Shimon]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 10:25:54PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> Paul Smith wrote:
> 
> >On 10/10/05, Oded Shimon <ods15 at ods15.dyndns.org> wrote:
> >
> >>>Is there some Linux GUI for mencoder to convert audio formats,
> >>>e.g., converting from wma to mp3?
> >>
> >>Don't need a frontend
> >>
> >>mplayer -ao pcm -vc dummy bla.wma
> >>lame audiodump.wav
> >>
> >>or oggenc or your favorite audio encoder.
> >
> >Thanks, Oded. In case one wants a conversion from wma to mp3 with a
> >bitrate of 128 kbps, what should be the options to use with mencoder?
> 
> None. MEncoder cannot output MP3 directly, only alongside video into an
> AVI or MPEG container.

Actually, you can use -of rawaudio, but doing such is silly and won't work 
if your file has no video. i suggest using some other tool once you have 
the wav file.

- ods15