How to convert rm to mp3?

[agostonbejo]

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Hi!

Can someone point me into the right direction on how to convert an .rm file into mp3? I have both mencoder and ffmpeg installed, but their command line interface seems a bit cryptic to me. (Still, if you have a (maybe even more than) few-line solution, I'm not reluctant to type it in myself, so go ahead and share it with us. )

Thank you!
Agoston

[Vergil83]

mencoder input_file.rm -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame -of rawaudio -lameopts cbr:br=128 -o output_file.mp3

from http://stream-recorder.com/forum/showthread.php?t=101

[the_ultimate_samurai]

i have also been wanting to convert .RAM to mp3 and wav to mp3 but my mencoder isnt working. when i try and do it (and this is following specifically what you just said) i get this:

MEncoder 1.0pre5-3.3.4 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred 1666 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 0)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
MMX2 supported but disabled
SSE supported but disabled
3DNow supported but disabled
3DNowExt supported but disabled
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX

Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/mencoder_codecs.conf: 73 audio & 180 video codecs
File not found: 'frameno.avi'
Failed to open frameno.avi
Reading config file /root/.mplayer/mencoder: No such file or directory
Option of: Unknown suboption rawaudio
Exiting... (error parsing cmdline)


it looks like more than one problem....but im not sure what to do about it.

[Vergil83]

1) Try it as not root, but a normal user
2) make sure you are in the same location as your file.
3) You might try replacing rawaudio with -of lavf
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en...ing-codec.html

[the_ultimate_samurai]

ok it made a dif going as normal user (i think) the raw audio didnt work and neither did the lavf. so i removed the -of option entirely and got this:

MEncoder 1.0pre5-3.3.4 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred 1666 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 0)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
MMX2 supported but disabled
SSE supported but disabled
3DNow supported but disabled
3DNowExt supported but disabled
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX

Reading /home/austin/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/home/austin/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/mencoder_codecs.conf: 73 audio & 180 video codecs
File not found: 'frameno.avi'
Failed to open frameno.avi
Reading config file /home/austin/.mplayer/mencoder: No such file or directory
font: can't open file: /home/austin/.mplayer/font/font.desc
Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0x6155E
REAL file format detected.
======= WAVE Format =======
Format Tag: 28260 (0x6E64)
Channels: 1
Samplerate: 11025
avg byte/sec: 16000
Block align: 278
bits/sample: 16
cbSize: 0
===========================
Video stream is mandatory!
Exiting...


i dont have a video mode im converting a real audio into an mp3 (and i would also like to convert a wav into an mp3)

[Marsolin]

Perl Audio Convertor is a great program for this. You can use it from within Konqueror, as an Amarok script, or from the command line.

[Marsolin]

If you get an error saying an application can't be found check the /etc/pacpl/pacpl.conf file. You can point to a different location for the binary there. The default is /usr/bin.

[the_ultimate_samurai]

yeah...i figured that out....which was why i deleted the message. i got it working

thank you. now those files i couldnt play in JUK can be converted to working format ^_^