media conversion utilities in the ports

[Robert Huff]

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Micha=EBl_Gr=FCnewald?= writes:

>  > A few quick searches on freshports.org didn't turn up much so I'm
>  > hoping that the knowledge here will eclipse it.  Are there any good,
>  > or workable, scriptable WMA to MP3 converter programs in ports?
>  
>  Mplayer pretends it can handle WMA files, however I did not try this 
>  feature. See multimedia/mplayer, it installs an `mencoder' program you 
>  might be interested in.

	In my experience, mplayer has been able to handle WMA files
... _except_ for those that require Windows Media Player 10 due to
DRM.
	(If someone knows how to get mplayer over that obstacle, please
share.)


				Robert Huff