Well it appears to be a ffmpeg problem:
willsam Sonic Nurse # ffmpeg -i “01 – Pattern Recognition.wma” text.wav
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
configuration: –prefix=/usr –mandir=/usr/share/man –disable-static –enable-shared –cc=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc –extra-ldflags= -Wl,-rpath-link,/var/tmp/portage/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20060302/work/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20060302-shared/libavcodec -Wl,-rpath-link,/var/tmp/portage/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20060302/work/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20060302-shared/libavformat -Wl,-rpath-link,/var/tmp/portage/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20060302/work/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20060302-shared/libavutil –disable-altivec –disable-debug –disable-v4l –disable-v4l2 –disable-network –disable-opts –enable-mp3lame –enable-a52 –enable-dc1394 –enable-libogg –enable-vorbis –enable-faad –enable-faac –enable-gpl –enable-pp –disable-strip
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.7.0
libavformat version: 50.3.0
built on Jun 7 2006 11:00:33, gcc: 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1)
01 – Pattern Recognition.wma: Error while opening file
The confusing thing is that flac transcoding using the ffmpeg plucin works but command line doesn’t:
willsam Dirty # ffmpeg -i “05 – Shoot.flac” text.wav
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
configuration: –prefix=/usr –mandir=/usr/share/man –disable-static –enable-shared –cc=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc –extra-ldflags= -Wl,-rpath-link,/var/tmp/portage/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20060302/work/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20060302-shared/libavcodec -Wl,-rpath-link,/var/tmp/portage/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20060302/work/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20060302-shared/libavformat -Wl,-rpath-link,/var/tmp/portage/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20060302/work/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20060302-shared/libavutil –disable-altivec –disable-debug –disable-v4l –disable-v4l2 –disable-network –disable-opts –enable-mp3lame –enable-a52 –enable-dc1394 –enable-libogg –enable-vorbis –enable-faad –enable-faac –enable-gpl –enable-pp –disable-strip
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.7.0
libavformat version: 50.3.0
built on Jun 7 2006 11:00:33, gcc: 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1)
05 – Shoot.flac: Unknown format
I guess I need to figure out more about ffmpeg. In principle it thinks it supports wma:
willsam portage # ffmpeg -formats
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
configuration: –prefix=/usr –mandir=/usr/share/man –disable-static –enable-shared –cc=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc –extra-ldflags= -Wl,-rpath-link,/var/tmp/portage/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20060302/work/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20060302-shared/libavcodec -Wl,-rpath-link,/var/tmp/portage/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20060302/work/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20060302-shared/libavformat -Wl,-rpath-link,/var/tmp/portage/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20060302/work/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20060302-shared/libavutil –disable-altivec –disable-debug –disable-v4l –disable-v4l2 –disable-network –disable-opts –enable-mp3lame –enable-a52 –enable-dc1394 –enable-libogg –enable-vorbis –enable-faad –enable-faac –enable-gpl –enable-pp –disable-strip
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.7.0
libavformat version: 50.3.0
built on Jun 7 2006 11:00:33, gcc: 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1)
File formats:
E 3g2 3gp2 format
E 3gp 3gp format
D 4xm 4X Technologies format
D RoQ Id RoQ format
D aac ADTS AAC
DE ac3 raw ac3
E adts ADTS AAC
DE aiff Audio IFF
DE alaw pcm A law format
DE asf asf format
E asf_stream asf format
DE au SUN AU Format
DE audio_device audio grab and output
DE avi avi format
D avs avs format
E crc crc testing format
D daud D-Cinema audio format
D dc1394 dc1394 A/V grab
D dts raw dts
DE dv DV video format
D dv1394 dv1394 A/V grab
E dvd MPEG2 PS format (DVD VOB)
D ea Electronic Arts Multimedia Format
DE ffm ffm format
D film_cpk Sega FILM/CPK format
D flic FLI/FLC/FLX animation format
DE flv flv format
E framecrc framecrc testing format
DE gif GIF Animation
DE h261 raw h261
DE h263 raw h263
DE h264 raw H264 video format
D idcin Id CIN format
DE image image sequence
DE image2 image2 sequence
DE image2pipe piped image2 sequence
DE imagepipe piped image sequence
D ingenient Ingenient MJPEG
D ipmovie Interplay MVE format
DE m4v raw MPEG4 video format
D matroska Matroska file format
DE mjpeg MJPEG video
D mm American Laser Games MM format
DE mmf mmf format
E mov mov format
D mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2 QuickTime/MPEG4 format
E mp2 MPEG audio layer 2
DE mp3 MPEG audio layer 3
E mp4 mp4 format
DE mpeg MPEG1 System format
E mpeg1video MPEG video
E mpeg2video MPEG2 video
DE mpegts MPEG2 transport stream format
D mpegvideo MPEG video
E mpjpeg Mime multipart JPEG format
DE mulaw pcm mu law format
D nsv NullSoft Video format
E null null video format
DE nut nut format
DE ogg Ogg Vorbis
E psp psp mp4 format
D psxstr Sony Playstation STR format
DE rawvideo raw video format
DE rm rm format
DE s16be pcm signed 16 bit big endian format
DE s16le pcm signed 16 bit little endian format
DE s8 pcm signed 8 bit format
D shn raw shorten
D sol Sierra SOL Format
E svcd MPEG2 PS format (VOB)
DE swf Flash format
D tta true-audio
DE u16be pcm unsigned 16 bit big endian format
DE u16le pcm unsigned 16 bit little endian format
DE u8 pcm unsigned 8 bit format
E vcd MPEG1 System format (VCD)
D vmd Sierra VMD format
E vob MPEG2 PS format (VOB)
DE voc Creative Voice File format
DE wav wav format
D wc3movie Wing Commander III movie format
D wsaud Westwood Studios audio format
D wsvqa Westwood Studios VQA format
DE yuv4mpegpipe YUV4MPEG pipe format
Image formats (filename extensions, if any, follow):
DE gif gif
Codecs:
D V 4xm
D V D 8bps
DEA aac
D V D aasc
DEA ac3
DEA adpcm_4xm
DEA adpcm_adx
DEA adpcm_ct
DEA adpcm_ea
DEA adpcm_ima_dk3
DEA adpcm_ima_dk4
DEA adpcm_ima_qt
DEA adpcm_ima_smjpeg
DEA adpcm_ima_wav
DEA adpcm_ima_ws
DEA adpcm_ms
DEA adpcm_sbpro_2
DEA adpcm_sbpro_3
DEA adpcm_sbpro_4
DEA adpcm_swf
DEA adpcm_xa
DEA adpcm_yamaha
D A alac
DEV D asv1
DEV D asv2
D V D avs
D V bmp
D V D camstudio
D V D camtasia
D V D cinepak
D V D cljr
D A cook
D V D cyuv
DES dvbsub
DES dvdsub
DEV D dvvideo
DEV D ffv1
DEVSD ffvhuff
D A flac
D V D flic
DEVSD flv
D V D fraps
DEA g726
DEV D h261
DEVSDT h263
D VSD h263i
EV h263p
D V DT h264
DEVSD huffyuv
D V D idcinvideo
D V D indeo2
D V indeo3
D A interplay_dpcm
D V D interplayvideo
EV jpegls
EV ljpeg
D V D loco
D A mace3
D A mace6
D V D mdec
DEV D mjpeg
D V D mjpegb
D V D mmvideo
DEA mp2
DEA mp3
D A mp3adu
D A mp3on4
DEVSDT mpeg1video
DEVSDT mpeg2video
DEVSDT mpeg4
D A mpeg4aac
D VSDT mpegvideo
DEVSD msmpeg4
DEVSD msmpeg4v1
DEVSD msmpeg4v2
D V D msrle
D V D msvideo1
D V D mszh
DEV pam
DEV pbm
DEA pcm_alaw
DEA pcm_mulaw
DEA pcm_s16be
DEA pcm_s16le
DEA pcm_s24be
DEA pcm_s24daud
DEA pcm_s24le
DEA pcm_s32be
DEA pcm_s32le
DEA pcm_s8
DEA pcm_u16be
DEA pcm_u16le
DEA pcm_u24be
DEA pcm_u24le
DEA pcm_u32be
DEA pcm_u32le
DEA pcm_u8
DEV pgm
DEV pgmyuv
DEV png
DEV ppm
D A qdm2
D V D qdraw
D V D qpeg
D V D qtrle
DEV rawvideo
D A real_144
D A real_288
D A roq_dpcm
D V D roqvideo
D V D rpza
DEV D rv10
DEV D rv20
D A shorten
D V D smc
DEV snow
D A sol_dpcm
DEA sonic
EA sonicls
D V D sp5x
DEV D svq1
D VSD svq3
D V theora
D V D truemotion1
D V D truemotion2
D A truespeech
D A tta
D V D ultimotion
D V vc9
D V D vcr1
D A vmdaudio
D V D vmdvideo
DEA vorbis
D V vp3
D V D vqavideo
D A wmav1
D A wmav2
DEVSD wmv1
DEVSD wmv2
D V D wnv1
D A ws_snd1
D A xan_dpcm
D V D xan_wc3
D V D xl
DEV D zlib
D V zmbv
Supported file protocols:
file: pipe:
Frame size, frame rate abbreviations:
ntsc pal qntsc qpal sntsc spal film ntsc-film sqcif qcif cif 4cif
Motion estimation methods:
zero(fastest) full(slowest) log phods epzs(default) x1 hex umh iter
Note, the names of encoders and decoders dont always match, so there are
several cases where the above table shows encoder only or decoder only entries
even though both encoding and decoding are supported for example, the h263
decoder corresponds to the h263 and h263p encoders, for file formats its even
worse