On 02/27/2011 05:30 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:
> I am trying to convert a real player audio file to mp3 for my daughter's
> school project. From what I have read, I need to use mplayer to convert
> to .wav and then lame to convert to mp3. I tried the following:
> 
> mplayer -vo null -vc null -ao pcm:waveheader The_Zero_Hour_08_14_44.rm
> 
> on a 3.4 MB input file and all I get out is a 44 B .wav file.

Is mplayer able to play the realaudio file through your speakers with just
$ mplayer The_Zero_Hour_08_14_44.rm

If so, I'm not sure what's wrong as your command line looks ok. If not,
you might be missing the realaudio codecs. On ubuntu, you can install
w32codecs (32bit) or w64codecs (64bit) for realaudio support from the
medibuntu repositories. I'm not sure about other distros.