file format of radio files

[Nigel Roles]

Your version of ffmpeg does not have the lame mp3 encoder built into it. 
It needs to be built with the --enable-libmp3lame configure option.

On 08/05/2011 00:42, Andy Stevens wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A short while ago, I noticed that the radio programmes I was trying to
> download with get_iplayer 2.79 had stopped working.  From comments on
> forums etc. this appeared to be due to the BBC not using mp3 streams
> any more, so I added flashaac to my --modes list and they started
> downloading again, albeit as .aac files instead.
>
> A couple of weeks ago, programmes that I could find through searches
> on the online iPlayer weren't being found by get_iplayer.  This
> coincided with the rebranding of Radio 7 as 4 Extra; I noticed the
> checkin comment in git "Add Radio 4 Extra" so tried using the current
> git version instead, but I found that instead of an .aac file I ended
> up with a .m4a. Presumably due to the subsequent "Output AAC as M4A
> for iTunes with metadata tags" change.
>
> Then I spotted the new "Add --aactomp3 option to force transcoding AAC
> to MP3" - seeing as my Sansa Fuze doesn't play aac files anyway, just
> mp3s, this seemed like just what I needed.  However, it's not creating
> MP3s, the output files have .partial.mp3.flv extensions, and according
> to the "file" command are "Macromedia Flash Video" type.  There is a
> message being output
> Unknown encoder 'libmp3lame'
> INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256)
> WARNING: flv conversion failed - retaining flv file
> however I do have lame installed and /usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0 is present...
>
> Is this a bug in the latest git version of get_iplayer, or am I
> missing something that it needs?
> Also, if anyone can suggest how to convert the other aac files I'd
> downloaded into MP3s, it'd be appreciated...
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Andy