[MPlayer-users] encoding audio streams to mp3 on the fly

[Rory O'Connor]

I'm writing a stream-ripping program that's a wrapper for mplayer.  Right
now I'm creating wav files and encoding them to mp3 with lame and/or
bladeenc.  That works ok except for long programs - the wav file gets
gigantic and occasionally fills up the drive.  Is there a way to use mplayer
or mencoder to encode the stream directly to mp3?  Or, perhaps there's a way
to pipe the output from mplayer/mencoder to lame?  Any help appreciated!