[MPlayer-users] .wma file to .wav??

Arpi arpi at thot.banki.hu
Wed Oct 30 15:09:02 CET 2002


Hi,

> > > mplayer -ao pcm -aofile filename.wav  -vc null -vo null moviename
> >
> > Apart from what mplayer itself sais fastest dumping is achieved with
> >
> > mplayer -ao pcm -aofile filename.wav -vc dummy -vo null moviename (use
> > a -vc that does not exist).
> I tried
>  mplayer -ao pcm -aofile out.wav -vc dummy -vo null sample.wma
> 
> It detects the eccoding of sample file, says it is playing it BUT
> never terminates :-) Killing mplayer shows 44 bytes in oust.wav file.
> 
> Any ideas?

i suspect the file isn't platyable at all with mplayer
some wma using the copyright protection/encryption mess is only wmp-playable
as uses windows crypto stuff... they produce this 'looks liek playing but
doe snothing' effect with mplayer, no matter if you play or convert


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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