How to save streaming asf (wma) to mp3?

[rancid]

Hi,

I am trying to save an asf streaming wma audio file (of a foreign language pronunciation) as an mp3 using the following method but no luck :

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/257045-How-to-record-streaming-WMV-ASF-MMS-links-us...light=save+asf

A resultant mp3 file with 0 bytes is created but cannot be played. The VLC is the portable version 2.2.4. VLC has no issue playing the stream.

This is the link : http://216.176.191.51:80/audio/E133195.wma?MSWMExt=.asf

Pls advise if this method still works or if I needed extra codecs or if there are other ways of saving the stream.

I am trying to learn a foreign language and would like to play local versions of the pronunciation instead of always needing to connect to the internet.

Thanks in advance.

[bat999]

... if there are other ways of saving the stream...

With Windows XP.
Using VLC 2.2.4 Portable from command line.

vlc -I dummy http://216.176.191.51/audio/E133195.wma --sout="#transcode{vcodec=none,acodec=mp3,ab=64,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:std{access=file,mux=raw,dst=E133195.mp3}" vlc://quit

[rancid]

Hi bat999,

Thanks very much for your reply.

I was able to download about 7 individual clips successfully using the command line then after that vlc kept crashing.

I rebooted, removed the portable folder, re-unzipped and tried again but still no luck. Error is :

Oops: VLC media player just crashed.
Would you like to send a bug report to the developers team?

I have no problem running vlc gui.

Is there a limit to the number of clips that can be saved this way?

Thanks

EDIT : just tried again. While vlc did not crash, an mp3 was created with 0 bytes and when I played it, the error is : Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file.