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Old 08-08-2009, 11:37 AM   #1
adityavpratap
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unable to extract audio from .flv


Hi,

Well, I don't know if this falls within the purview of this forum. However here it is -

I have downloaded a video from youtube which is saved as a .flv file. I am trying to extract the soundtrack as follows -

$ mplayer -dumpaudio infile.flv -dumpfile infile.mp3

However, the dumpfile doesn't seem to be an mp3 file as is evident from the output of -

$ file infile.mp3

which gives -

infile.mp3: \012- Assembler source

and this doesn't play in mplayer or any other audio player.

How can I set right this? Awaiting your valuable suggestions,
 
Old 08-08-2009, 01:54 PM   #2
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Is it really an mp3 file? Use mplayer -identify file.flv to check. Does mplayer play the flv file on its own?

Try -
mplayer -vo null -vc null -ao pcm:fast:file=audio.wav file.flv
This doesn't dump the stream, but decodes it to pcm wav file.
 
Old 08-08-2009, 02:25 PM   #3
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I use the following 'flash2avi' script:

!#/bin/sh

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 {-divx|-xvid} list_of_flv_files"
exit 1
fi

# video encoding bit rate
V_BITRATE=1000

while [ "$1" ]; do
case "$1" in
-divx)
MENC_OPTS="-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=$V_BITRATE:mbd=2:v4mv:autoaspect"
;;
-xvid)
MENC_OPTS="-ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=$V_BITRATE:autoaspect"
;;
*)
if file "$1" | grep -q "Macromedia Flash Video"; then
mencoder "$1" $MENC_OPTS -vf pp=lb -oac mp3lame -lameopts fastreset=standard -o "`basename $1 .flv`.avi"
else
echo "$1 is not Flash Video. Skipping"
fi
;;
esac
shift
done
 
Old 08-08-2009, 04:10 PM   #4
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Nice little script!
 
Old 08-08-2009, 11:24 PM   #5
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Question

Hi,

Thanks for the prompt reply!

Quote:
$ mplayer -identify infile.flv
gives the following output -

Quote:
libavformat file format detected.
[flv @ 0x8e5da80]skipping flv packet: type 18, size 294, flags 0
ID_VIDEO_ID=0
[lavf] Video stream found, -vid 0
ID_AUDIO_ID=1
[lavf] Audio stream found, -aid 1
VIDEO: [H264] 208x142 0bpp 15.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
ID_FILENAME=infile.flv
ID_DEMUXER=lavfpref
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=H264
ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=0
ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=208
ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=142
ID_VIDEO_FPS=15.000
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.4648
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=255
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=0
ID_AUDIO_RATE=22050
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
ID_LENGTH=214.69
ID_SEEKABLE=1
ID_CHAPTERS=0
and it plays the .flv file without any problem. However, the file audio.wav dumped by the following command,

Quote:
$ mplayer -vo null -vc null -ao pcm:fast:file=audio.wav infile.flv
is unplayable by mplayer. When I try to play the .wav file, I can only hear a short burst of sound as though the whole file has been played in a fraction of a second with the following output
Quote:
MPlayer UNKNOWN-4.2.4 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team

Playing audio.wav.
Audio only file format detected.
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 1411.2 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 176400->176400)
Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM)
==========================================================================
AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...
A: 0.0 (00.0) of 0.4 (00.3) ??,?%

Exiting... (End of file)
The script flash2avi outputs the following message -

Quote:
MEncoder UNKNOWN-4.2.4 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
Option lameopts: Unknown suboption fastreset
Error parsing option on the command line: -lameopts

Exiting... (error parsing command line)

Last edited by adityavpratap; 08-08-2009 at 11:29 PM. Reason: to add more information
 
Old 08-08-2009, 11:31 PM   #6
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vanstra View Post
I use the following 'flash2avi' script:

!#/bin/sh
should this be -

Quote:
#!/bin/sh
 
Old 08-09-2009, 12:14 AM   #7
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The script posted above wasn't wrapped in code tags and had bbcode enabled.

It should read -
Code:
mencoder "$1" $MENC_OPTS -vf pp=lb -oac mp3lame -lameopts fast:preset=standard -o "`basename $1 .flv`.avi"
AUDIO_FORMAT=255 I believe is aac audio. According to http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html#ac you need either libfaad2 or ffmpeg with aac support.
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12.2/audio/faad2/

I find it quite strange that mplayer can play the original flv file with sound, but can not do a simple dump. As using dumpaudio, and -ao pcm:fast:file=audio.wav is actually no different than playing the file back. Playing the file back it has to be decoded, dumpaudio demuxes without decoding, -ao pcm:$ dumps the decoded stream. If mplayer can play the file, it should be able to dump it.
 
Old 08-09-2009, 12:57 AM   #8
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Why not just grab video downloader helper for FF from this link -> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006 This will download and convert files from youtube with a couple of mouse clicks

Last edited by vdemuth; 08-09-2009 at 12:58 AM.
 
Old 08-09-2009, 01:34 AM   #9
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from MPlayer.SlackBuild

"The Slackware package is built with "USE_PATENTS=NO" i.e. without using
the lame mp3, faac, AMR and dvdcss libraries."
 
Old 08-09-2009, 01:56 AM   #10
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Maybe you could use this:
Code:
$ ffmpeg -i infile.flv outfile.wav
That would seem the simplest way unless you want to use mplayer for a specific reason (I've never done this with mplayer, but I use ffmpeg all the time).
 
Old 08-09-2009, 02:18 AM   #11
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When the old -dumpaudio failed to work for the .mp4 files, I started using the following script to extract their audio; it seems to work for .flv files as well:

Code:
mplayer -quiet $1 -ao pcm:fast:file=$2  -vc dummy -vo null -channels 2
Here $1 is the .flv file and $2 is the output filename.
 
Old 08-09-2009, 05:53 AM   #12
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ilgar View Post
When the old -dumpaudio failed to work for the .mp4 files, I started using the following script to extract their audio; it seems to work for .flv files as well:

Code:
mplayer -quiet $1 -ao pcm:fast:file=$2  -vc dummy -vo null -channels 2
Here $1 is the .flv file and $2 is the output filename.

Ok! Now this command works and I am getting mplayer-playable .mp3 files. That's a major achievement. Thanks Ilgar!

However, I want to upload these mp3s to my Samsung Ultra Touch S8300 mobile. When I do this, and try to play them using the music player app in my mobile, I get the following message -

Quote:
File has incorrect data
Any suggestions?
 
Old 08-09-2009, 06:23 AM   #13
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I'm pretty sure mplayer outputs audio to raw pcm format. I've ripped audio from flv like that. I then use some mp3 encoder to turn it into an mp3.
 
Old 08-09-2009, 06:30 AM   #14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dwr1 View Post
I'm pretty sure mplayer outputs audio to raw pcm format. I've ripped audio from flv like that. I then use some mp3 encoder to turn it into an mp3.
Yes I think so,

Quote:
file infile.mp3
gives the following output -

Quote:
Ennenno.mp3: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 16 bit, stereo 44100 Hz
 
Old 08-09-2009, 07:00 AM   #15
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Oops yes, I forgot to add, you'll get a wav file that way (as you'll notice from the file size).
 
  


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