Converting .asf to .mp3

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Igor Denisov wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> I've been trying to convert an asf file to mp3 but so far no luck
> (other than ripping the stream with asfrecord and getting the asf file).
>
> The file in question doesn't have a video component, only audio.
> Thanks in advance for the help,

This works using mplayer and lame, given that you have the right
codecs for mplayer:

mplayer -ao pcm:waveheader:file=/dev/fd/10 -really-quiet inputfile.asf </dev/null 10>&1 &>/dev/null | lame --quiet /dev/stdin output.mp3



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