audio from real rm files

[Victor Hen]

I have some real *.rm files, which are video files. Can I burn only the audio portion to CD? If so, how and what software do I need?

[AlecWest]

I have some real *.rm files, which are video files. Can I burn only the audio portion to CD? If so, how and what software do I need?

Get TotalRecorder ($11.95). When installed, turn on TotalRecorder, click on the "record" button, and double-click on the RM file. As the RM file plays, TotalRecorder will record it as a WAV file which you can save and burn later to an audio CD.

[celtic_druid]

I would suggest mplayer. 100% free and much faster than realtime.

[Victor Hen]

More than likely, I will only do this once. The Total Recorder worked great except that it put a squeal every minute on the output. A “trial software” feature. Mplayer looks like a command line program that has way too many command line switches to make it user friendly. I didn’t want to spend weeks learning switches. That leaves EO Video. Hope that works. If not, is there another one to try?

[celtic_druid]

I wouldn't say that is that complicated or that it takes weeks to learn.

mplayer.exe -ao pcm:file=output.wav -vo null -vc dummy input.rm

You can leave out the file= part and it will create by default audiodump.wav in the current dir.

You could create a batch file with say %1 for input and drop the rm files or use for %%f in (*.rm) DO (mplayer.exe -ao pcm:file="%%~nf.wav" -vo null -vc dummy "%%f") to process all rm files in a given dir.