On Tue, 06 Nov 2001, Tony Baechler <tony@baechler.net> wrote: > Hello. I think something like this would work without sound: > > mpg123 file.mp3 >file.wav Mpg123 has its own option to write to a wave file and needs no soundcard, it's the "-w" switch; so you can do something like: $ mpg123 -w file.wav file.mp3 Mpg123 isn't the only mp3 decoder able to do that, many others can... You can also write to a raw file if the decoder supports outputting to stdout, with mpg123 you can do: $ mpg123 -s file.mp3 >file.raw And of course, if you need to convert the data, sox is your friend and you can even use it in a pipe, all this without any need of a sound card. Hope this helps... > > You need mpg123 of course. I am not sure of the home site but Slackware > and I am sure Debian include it as packages. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list