[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] af_lame: pass-through MP3 encoder

[Nico Sabbi]

Martin Fiedler wrote:

>Hi!
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>>there's already mencoder -oac mp3lame for this job
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>Not really.
>1. MEncoder always requires a video stream to work with.
>2. MEncoder can't produce audio-only files.
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for the same reason as 1).
You could fix mencoder to produce audio-only files and send a patch

>3. mplayer -af lame will record *while playing back*.
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>Martin J. Fiedler
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it's not a good reason to open and writing files from withing a filter, IMO