the -ao switch tells it what audio device to output to, just as -vo
tells it what video device to output to. PCM means "pulse code
modulation" which i guess means wav file.
I honestly don't know why it works, I found it years ago when I had to
convert all my wma's when I migrated from the violation known as
"Windows Me!"

I was just happy not to have to loopback from audio out to audio in
and have all that resultant loss.

On 11/11/06, John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:47:55 -0800
"Seth Wegner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo:

> Okay, I've tested this and it worked:
>
> mplayer -ao pcm file.wma
>
> This will produce "audiodump.wav" which I was able to import into Audacity.

Yay!!!! It worked!!!!

Now I'd like to learn why that worked and previous efforts did not. Actually, I could 
start with what "-ao pcm" does.

A thousand thanks for getting my files working!
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