Well, I ran what you told me to but it failed. mplayer --dumpaudio /media/entertaiment/Videos/*one* --dumpfile audio.mp3 MPlayer2 UNKNOWN (C) 2000-2011 MPlayer Team mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing /media/entertaiment/Videos/*one*. File not found: '/media/entertaiment/Videos/*one*' Failed to open /media/entertaiment/Videos/*one*. Playing audio.mp3. File not found: 'audio.mp3' Failed to open audio.mp3. Exiting... (End of file) SO then I tried doing it separately but still it failed mplayer --dumpfile stream.dump MPlayer2 UNKNOWN (C) 2000-2011 MPlayer Team mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing stream.dump. Detected file format: MPEG-PES MPEG: FATAL: EOF while searching for sequence header. Video: Cannot read properties. Load subtitles in . ========================================================================== Requested audio codec family [mpg123] (afm=mpg123) not available. Enable it at compilation. Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders [mp2float @ 0x2854740]Header missing [mp2float @ 0x2854740]Header missing [mp2float @ 0x2854740]Header missing [mp2float @ 0x2854740]Header missing [mp2float @ 0x2854740]Header missing ad_ffmpeg: initial decode failed ADecoder init failed :( Could not open audio decoder ffmpeg. Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders [mp2 @ 0x2854740]Header missing [mp2 @ 0x2854740]Header missing [mp2 @ 0x2854740]Header missing [mp2 @ 0x2854740]Header missing [mp2 @ 0x2854740]Header missing ad_ffmpeg: initial decode failed ADecoder init failed :( Could not open audio decoder ffmpeg. Requested audio codec family [mad] (afm=libmad) not available. Enable it at compilation. Opening audio decoder: [hwmpa] MPEG audio pass-through (fake decoder) AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, mpeg2, 320.0 kbit/22.68% (ratio: 40000->176400) Selected audio codec: [hwmpa] afm: hwmpa (MPEG audio pass-through for hardware MPEG decoders) ========================================================================== [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: No such file or directory [AO_ALSA] Format mpeg2 is not supported by hardware, trying default. AO: [alsa] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) [format] Sample format big-endian MPEG-2 not yet supported [libaf] Reinitialization did not work, audio filter 'format' returned error code -2 [libaf] Unable to setup filter system can not meet sound-card demands, please send bugreport. Couldn't find matching filter/ao format! Audio: no sound Video: no video Exiting... (End of file) :-)~MIKE~(-: On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Andrew Harris wrote: > There's a good chance that the audio stream in the flv is already > encoded as MP3. If you have mplayer, try this: > > mplayer --dumpaudio video.flv --dumpfile audio.mp3 > > Then do this: > > file audio.mp3 > > It doesn't come back with something like "OH YAH THAT'S TOTES AN MP3, > BRO", then you can use ffmpeg like this (the reason I didn't suggest > it initially is because this will reencode the audio stream, resulting > in a lower quality rip). > > ffmpeg -i video.flv audio.mp3 > > source: personal experience, googled "ffmpeg rip audio from flv" > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > I know that I need to use ffmpeg to convert the files but I can't figure > it > > out with the man page. ANy one willing to help to help? > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >