Saturday, February 2, 2008

How to convert WMA files into MP3 using RUBY

How to convert wma files into mp3

Download your wma files from site. (eg. http://www.123musiq.com -- old songs)

Then

Open ur terminal & install the following

$sudo apt-get install mplayer lame

$sudo gem install r2mp3

Then Copy ur wma file into ur home folder(eg: /home/user1)

eg: mv /home/user1/desktop/*.wma /home/user1

Go to ur home folder cd /home/user1

Then change ur wma file name into some simple name (Optional)

eg: cp file_name -123musiq.com.wma file_name.wma

Then Open ur irb and

Start Coding

require
'rubygems' # if install using gem
require
'r2mp3'
Converter.new(:convert=>:wma,:file=>"test.wma"){|f| f.to_mp3}

Here u have to mention file=>"path/file_name.wma"

After this check ur home folder u will find file_name.mp3

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