convert file.wmv to .wav ?

[Bob Goodwin]

Kenny Gow wrote:
> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>
>> Can someone tell me how to convert audio .wmv to .wav, .mp3, or .ogg?
>>
>> I tried ImageMagick 'convert' but I don't seem to be able to make it 
>> work, perhaps because I don't have the command right?  As usual I'm 
>> having trouble with the man page ...
>>
>> Or there may be a better way to do this.  I have an audio file in 
>> .wmv that I would like to compress, it's not very important but I 
>> hate to let it go undone.
> I would use ffmpeg for this, something like,
>
> ffmpeg -i file.wmv file.wav
>
> --Kenny
>
Ok, that produced a .wav file that plays in Audacity!  It's a large 
voice file that needs compression to bring it down to a reasonable size.

Thanks for the help.

Bob Goodwin