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Posted: **21 Mar 2012 16:58**

I am trying to transcode a .ogg file to a .wav file and am having issues.

I am using the following command line:

vlc.exe -v -I dummy "lrjimsqh.ogg" --sout=#transcode{acodec=s161,channels=2}:standard{access=file,mux=wav,dst="lrjimsqh.ogg.wav"}
It is not working.

I am getting the following error:

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main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find audio encoder (module:any fourcc:s161).  Take a look few lines earlier to see possible reason.
stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create audio chain
main decoder error: cannot create packetizer output (vorb)
ogg demux warning: couldn't find any ogg lofical stream

I am using Windows 7 Pro 32 bit. If this is not the correct forum please move thread, I think it is since I am using sout

Posted: **21 Mar 2012 18:36**

s16l not s161

Posted: **22 Mar 2012 14:19**

Jean. You are my new hero.

Keep up the great work.

Posted: **30 Apr 2013 06:08**

Even with the correction and changing vlc.exe to vlc, that command spits out errors in Linux. Of course, I don't know if they have changed commands, or what, since this post. I wanted to change the new mail sound in Thunderbird, but Thunderbird doesn't support ogg files. I went ahead and used the GUI to run the conversion, but the command line feature would be useful for batch conversion.

Here is my output in case you are interested.

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vlc -v -I dummy "newmail.ogg" --sout=#transcode{acodec=s16l,channels=2}:standard{access=file,mux=wav,dst="newmail.wav"}
VLC media player 2.0.5 Twoflower (revision 2.0.5-0-g1661b7d)
[0x21a1438] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...
[0x7ffbf0000e38] main stream output error: stream chain failed for `transcodechannels=2:standarddst=newmail.wav'
[0x7ffbf4000b28] main input error: cannot start stream output instance, aborting

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