Hart Larry writes ("Converting .rm2mp3?"): > I used m player to rip an audio stream. I want to convert it from a dot rm to > an mp3. Below is the script I use for this. I got the idea from some mailing list post whose origin I forgot. You can specify the encoding quality by providing additional options to lame. I usually stick to the presets. Examples: any2mp3 stream.dump test1.mp3 any2mp3 http://some.stream.com/playit test2.mp3 mplayer will show some error messages but they are not prolematic in my experience. > With m player, I wish I could use the -dumpstream and make an mp3 on the fly > from the stream. I think you can also specify the URL of your stream as the first parameter to the script instead of a local input file. See the above example. Hth, Lukas -- Script follows here -- #!/bin/sh # Converts anything mplayer can play to mp3 # Usage: any2mp3 infile outfile # Command line arguments INFILE="$1" OUTFILE="$2" # Lame options QUALITY=cd MORE_LAME_ARGS="" pipe=/tmp/mp3pipe.$$ # Set up fifo rm -f $pipe mkfifo $pipe # Do the conversion mplayer -novideo -vc null -vo null -really-quiet -ao pcm:file=$pipe "$INFILE" > /dev/null & lame -S --preset $QUALITY $MORE_LAME_ARGS $pipe "$OUTFILE" # Clean up rm -f $PIPE _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list