[MEncoder-users] convert audio file to flv

[The Wanderer]

周国强 wrote:

> It's simple to convert an audio file to flv via ffmpeg:
> ffmpeg -i input.mp3  -acodec libmp3lame  -f flv  -ac 1 -ar 44100  -ab
> 64k  -y out.flv
> 
> I try to use mencoder to convert the audio:
> mencoder input.mp3 -oac mp3lame -ovc raw -vf noformat -o out.flv
> 
> But it tells me "Video stream is mandatory".

That's because MEncoder is originally and primarily intended as a video
encoder. The only reason MEncoder can handle audio streams is because
most files containing video also contain audio, so it's convenient to be
able to encode both in the same step.

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