So just yesterday I’ve published a bash script which rips the audio stream of Flash Videos (*.flv
) to mp3 format. It’s nice, fast and imo all-purpose. But I didn’t like the audio quality. Thus below you can find a second version of the script which is using mplayer
and lame
instead of ffmpeg
. Usage and behaviour should be pretty much the same. Only the audio quality should be better on cost of a bit more computing.
Since it relies on the fact that the input *.flv
video already uses MP3 encoding for its audio stream this might not work for every flash file! Youtube works just fine though. You can find the script after the break, it’s also attached below. For usage / installation / more information read the old article.
If you wonder why I reencode the audiodump with lame: The dumped mp3 file is considered by most (all?) audio players to be ~10x the length. A five minute video gets a 45 minute audio dumpfile. It plays fine but seeking is a mess. Reencoding fixes this. If you know an alternative which does not require reencoding or is generally faster - please drop a comment!
#!/bin/bash # # Simple script to rip the audio stream of a FLV to MP3 # # usage: mp3dump INPUT.flv ARTIST TITLE # example: mp3dump FlashhxSjv3 "Foo Bar" "All your Base are Belong to Us" # Author: Milian Wolff # depends on: mplayer, lame # optional: ecasound for stereo sound emulation # optional: mp3info to write title and artist mp3 tags if[["$(which mplayer)" == ""]]; then echo-e"\033[41mThis script requires mplayer!\033[0m" exit fi if[["$(which lame)" == ""]]; then echo-e"\033[41mThis script requires lame!\033[0m" exit fi if[["$1" == "" || "$2" == "" || "$3" == "" || "$4"!= ""]]; then echo"Usage: $(basename $0) INPUT.flv ARTIST TITLE" exit fi if[!-f"$1"]; then echo"Input file \"$1\" could not be found!" exit fi if[["$(file -b "$1")"!= "Macromedia Flash Video"]]; then echo"Input file \"$1\" is not a valid flash video!" exit fi dest="$2 - $3.mp3" tmpfile="/tmp/$$-$dest" echo echo"Your mp3 output file will be: $dest" echo echo echo-n"dumping audio to mp3 file..." mplayer-nolirc-dumpaudio"$1"-dumpfile"$dest"1>/dev/null echo-e" \033[32mdone\033[0m" echo echo-n"reencoding with lame - this might take some time..." lame--silent--preset standard --mp3input"$dest""$tmpfile"&&mv"$tmpfile""$dest" echo-e" \033[32mdone\033[0m" echo if[["$(which ecasound)" == ""]]; then echo"You can optionally install ecasound to simulate stereo sound" echo else echo-n"simulating stereo sound..." ecasound -d:1-X-i"$dest" -etf:8-o"$tmpfile"1>/dev/null &&mv"$tmpfile""$dest" echo-e" \033[32mdone\033[0m" echo fi if[["$(which mp3info)" == ""]]; then echo"You can optionally install mp3info to write basic mp3 tags automatically" echo else echo-n"writing basic mp3 tags..." mp3info -a"$2"-t"$3""$dest" echo-e" \033[32mdone\033[0m" echo fi echo"Have fun with »$dest«"
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