[AuckLUG] ffmpeg confuzzion

[Billy Morgan]

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:28:24 Ron Johns wrote:
> Hello , it's me again,
>                       This might not be kosher or even OT but I've been
> trying to use ffmep to convert Mpeg3 audio to .wav or .ogg with damn all
> success.
>
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> [root at localhost gaspode]# ffmpeg
> /home/gaspode/Music/KitaroEssential/AsTheWindBlows.mp3
> /home/gaspode/Music/Converted/out.wav
> FFmpeg version SVN-r6005, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
>   configuration:  --prefix=/usr --incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg
> --libdir=/usr/lib --shlibdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --cpu=x86
> --extra-cflags=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions
> -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386
> -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables --enable-mp3lame
> --enable-libogg --enable-vorbis --enable-faad --enable-faac
> --enable-libgsm --enable-xvid --enable-a52 --enable-a52bin --enable-pp
> --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --disable-debug
> --disable-opts --disable-strip
>   libavutil version: 49.0.0
>   libavcodec version: 51.11.0
>   libavformat version: 50.5.0
>   built on Aug 18 2006 08:11:51, gcc: 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)
> Could not open '/home/gaspode/Music/KitaroEssential/AsTheWindBlows.mp3'
> [root at localhost gaspode]#
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>^ I have fixed many many errors so far but I can't get around this "Could
> not open '/home/gaspode/Music/KitaroEssential/AsTheWindBlows.mp3'"
>
> We have gone through "Can't do this " Can't do that" but I can't see WHY
> it can't open this file.
>
>
> I have a load of my own mpeg3 files which I need to convert to .wav or
> anything other than MPG and I just can't make the grade.
>
> I am quite willing to do my own research ,but I've googled my fingers
> off on this one to no avail.
> Running FC6 with heaps of space. Just want to convert MPG3 > to ogg/wav
>
> Is there a better way than ffmpeg ?
>
> Any help out there ?
> Please help...
> Blessings
> Ron
>
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Post us the output from this command: ffmpeg -formats|grep mp3

Billy