[mp3togo] file format suggestion

[Sam Liddicott]

sim writes: 

> On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 11:07:05AM +0100, Sam Liddicott wrote:
>> Maybe mp3togo could use mplayer (if installed), thus: 
>> 
>> mplayer -ao pcm:file=TEMPFILE.wav otherformat.ra
>  
>  I have mplayer, but I didn't know about that feature. That sounds
>  really useful. 
>  
>> to convert from unknown file formats to wav, and then carry on from there.
>> BBC radio7 provide .ra and .wmv streams, and this feature would make it 
>> so much easier to handle those.
> 
>  I've also been thinking about using wget or urllib to handle URLs in
>  playlists. These tweo features would go together well. 
> 
>  I think I found my weekend project, thanks Sam. 
> 
>> Sam

very good. i actually use mplayer to download the real streams anyway. 

strangely the mp3 is twice the size me the real file but i did convert to 
wav manually first. 

thanks again. i was able to listen to Mort on my SPV.
sam