[MEncoder-users] Converting ape and flac files to mp3

[Ilya Zakharevich]

[A complimentary Cc of this posting was NOT [per weedlist] sent to
Andrew Berg 
<mencoder-users at mplayerhq.hu>], who wrote in article <4A6B12B8.4050000 at gmail.com>:

> >   mac $1.ape - -d | lame --preset standard -h - $2.mp3

> Whenever I use such a command, it treats - as a file. Maybe you are
> using a modified build (I've seen sources for a beta build of 3.99
> floating around). I use the latest version from the Monkey's Audio
> website (4.05).

All that my version says is

 --- Monkey's Audio Console Front End (v 3.99) (c) Matthew T. Ashland ---

Maybe the code has some special "dumb down for certain platforms" #ifdef's...

Yours,
Ilya