can not rip .mp3 from .flv ( solved -- finally )

[h4xor66]

ok i give up whats the trick to rip an mp3 from a .flv video ..... ffmeg does not work mencoder does not work audacity doesn't even know what a flv is ... and avidenux says cannot decode audio ... im at a loss ... this should be pretty basic but ive spent two hours searching online and trying every suggestion i could find ... what am i doing wrong ..

[mercier]

use mplayer.

http://tips.webdesign10.com/youtube-downloader-linux

[h4xor66]

use mplayer.

http://tips.webdesign10.com/youtube-downloader-linux

if it was that easy i would have already done it .... ive spent hours working on it ... mplayer doesnt work ... it creats a file that is unplayabe " error cannot play file unknown stream type "

[h4xor66]

deleted because this solution didn't work ....

[h4xor66]

i spoke to soon ... i still cant convert anything into mp3 format ... with winff i get this error

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FFmpeg version SVN-r19352-4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu2, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu2 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --extra-cflags=-I/build/buildd/ffmpeg-0.5+svn20090706/debian/include --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Oct 13 2009 22:15:16, gcc: 4.4.1
Input #0, ac3, from '/home/usrname/Music/sourcefile.ac3':
Duration: 00:03:21.92, bitrate: 192 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s
Unknown encoder 'libmp3lame'
Press Enter to Continue
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i checked and confirmed that libmp3lame is installed ..... i just cant figure out why it wont convert

any help would be greatly appreciated

[h4xor66]

finally solved this problem ( after almost two months of no help in this forum )

if anyone is having problems converting or creating files in one of the restricted formats i suggest this solution
just install this extra codecs package and see if it fixes your problems

pick the package that suites your distribution

Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10
Code:
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec-extra-52

Note: The libavcodec-extra-52 package for Karmic does not support AAC or AMR formats. I recommend using libavcodec-extra-52 from the Medibuntu repository.

Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04
Code:
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec-unstripped-52

Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10
Code:
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec-unstripped-51



this is what solved my winff problems with converting files to mp3 .... really hope this can help someone else

[Roodog]

Thanks mate - I too was having a similar problem, but your solution did the trick.

[Orang_Gila]

Thank you!
I was getting the 'libmp3lame' error after installing WinFF. Went into Synaptic Package Manager, chose libavcodec-unstripped-52 and Synaptic did the removal of the defaults and installed the unrestricted packages. That solved my problem very nicely!

[willie42]

you might want to look at sound converter too. Thats what I use to do that. Just an after thought

[eddie james]

"Thank you!
I was getting the 'libmp3lame' error after installing WinFF. Went into Synaptic Package Manager, chose libavcodec-unstripped-52 and Synaptic did the removal of the defaults and installed the unrestricted packages. That solved my problem very nicely!"

Thank you very much.. worked great