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By cadj at 2004-12-28 02:05
Heres how to convert these files easily.

REQUIREMENTS:
mplayer
lame

1. create a text file called wmamp3 in your ~/

2. Open the file in your favorite editor and enter the following

Code:
#!/bin/bash

current_directory=$( pwd )

#remove spaces
for i in *.wma; do mv "$i" `echo $i | tr ' ' '_'`; done

#remove uppercase
for i in *.[Ww][Mm][Aa]; do mv "$i" `echo $i | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`; done

#Rip with Mplayer / encode with LAME
for i in *.wma ; do mplayer -vo null -vc dummy -af resample=44100 -ao pcm -waveheader $i && lame -m s audiodump.wav -o $i; done

#convert file names
for i in *.wma; do mv "$i" "`basename "$i" .wma`.mp3"; done

rm audiodump.wav
3. Save the file

4. In a console, give the command
Code:
chmod +x ~/wmamp3
5. as root, copy the file to your exec path (/usr/bin or /bin)

6. Now you can change to the directory containing your WMA files and give the command
Code:
wmamp3

It usually takes approx 30 seconds to convert a 4 min long file.

well i hope this has helped, if there are any improvements or comments please just let me know.

by masand on Mon, 2005-01-03 16:17
do u have any idea for converting real media audio to mp3 format??

by cadj on Mon, 2005-01-10 20:26
yes, i cant think of any reason this method wont work with real media audio,

in the script, just change references to *.wma to *.rm or whatever the extension is

by masand on Mon, 2005-01-10 21:16
thanks for u reply
but i tried that too
the problem with me i think is of appropriate plugins

i got the "all "and "esential" packages of plugins form mplayer's site
what else do i need in plugins??

regards

by cadj on Tue, 2005-01-11 02:04
might havto try

http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/codecs.html

and install the realmedia codecs, i havent used these as i apt-get the win32codecs package in debian

by sk545 on Tue, 2005-01-11 19:23
Very nice. I have to give this a try sometime...

It *should* work with realmedia, i mean the process is basically the same, i think. I looked here for more info:

http://linuxathome.com/index.php?p=91

by cadj on Wed, 2005-01-12 07:37
this process can be used for any tipe of media that your mplayer can play, including extracting the audio from video files (mov, wmv mpg etc)

im planning to make a GUI frontend to this using something like xdialog, ill need to learn a bit but it should come one day

by sk545 on Sun, 2005-01-16 09:20
cool.

by aaa on Mon, 2005-01-24 08:28
I have converted from real audio, just make sure you have the codecs installed for maplayer.

by masand on Mon, 2005-01-24 09:07
Quote:
Originally posted by aaa
I have converted from real audio, just make sure you have the codecs installed for maplayer.
what plugins do u require for converting from real audio to mp3 etc ???

please post the command also

regards

by aaa on Tue, 2005-01-25 13:36
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rel...050115.tar.bz2
These are the real player 9 codecs. Look here for other codecs. Extract the codecs and put them in /usr/local/lib/codecs. MPlayer can convert to WAV, the script uses lame to convert the wav to mp3.


  



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