RA/RAM to MP3 conversion

I found this guide that seems to cover .ra but I'm not sure it does other (forgive me, I only really use mp3 so I don't know ). Beware, it does use some (but not much) terminal:

http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/127.html

Good luck,
Laurie

Did read that page and tried it out. It seems doesn't work here. And actually, now my system cannot play any audio anymore.

hmm

you can also use:

mplayer -dumpstream <stream>

to record streaming audio and video. The song will then be inside "stream.dump" (same format as the stream)

then use:
mplayer stream.dump -ao pcm:file=ripped_audio.wav

to convert to wav.

Then you can use Audacity (or similar) to convert to mp3 (/ogg).

Note:
you may loose sound quality when converting from one "lossy" format (like mp3, ogg, or Real Audio) to another.

OR

you can try the rmconverter package here

https://launchpad.net/rmconverter

http://syntux.net/blog/2008/06/02/simple-real-media-converter/

regards

Thanks for the advise. Will try out.

I primarily need audio RA script convert to mp3. listening from my car MP3 player. Video is not really a concern. Just wonder if any even simpler method rather than multiple conversions.

Thank. Kevin

Trying around and found the way.

I install the SoundKonverter from Synaptic package manager and mess around the settings (adding some plug-in) and parameters. Eventually, it can convert file RA audio file directly to MP3 file. And seems sound quality preserve quite well.

Problem solved.

Thanks all.