If winamp can play it then you can use winamps output plugins and output it
in you disired format

Andy

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> The .s3m format appears to be some kind of MIDI-alike format (similar
> to MOD Tracker). It's used to encode the music for PopCap games, and
> can be played by WinAmp.
>
> Does anyone know how (if indeed possible) to convert this type of file
> to .mp3? I need a (deliberately low-quality, to comply with fair use)
> rip of part of the /Network/ tune from /Bejeweled/, to illustrate the
> "****ing war-cow" bit. :-)

I still use winamp 2.95, in it is a codec for saveing a file it plays
to the harddrive instead of out to the speakers, Works Like a champ!
look in the OPTIONS PREFERENCES OUTPUT for Nullsoft diskwriter
that is the piece to use, (even works for streaming audio from the
internet to the speakers)

ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION

DO NOT FORGET TO REASSIGN WINAMP'S OUTPUT TO DIRECTSOUND OR YOU WILL
FILL UP YOUR HARDDRIVE SHOULD YOU USE WINAMP TO LISTEN TO MUSIC
AFTERWARDS. IT CAN HAPPEN REALLY FAST DEPENDING ON THE SOURCE YOU
ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO LISTEN TO.


korax1214@gmail.com wrote:
>
> The .s3m format appears to be some kind of MIDI-alike format (similar
> to MOD Tracker). It's used to encode the music for PopCap games, and
> can be played by WinAmp.
>
> Does anyone know how (if indeed possible) to convert this type of file
> to .mp3? I need a (deliberately low-quality, to comply with fair use)
> rip of part of the /Network/ tune from /Bejeweled/, to illustrate the
> "****ing war-cow" bit. :-)

On Mar 26, 3:44 pm, "andy" wrote:
> If winamp can play it then you can use winamps output plugins and output it
> in you disired format

Not in Wnamp 5; the current version will only rip CDs, not general
audio streams. I think this was done to prevent people converting
protected WMAs to an unprotected format, even though there are several
legitimate reasons for wanting to do this (for instance, what if you
reinstall your OS and thus have to acquire your licences all over
again? What if you're having trouble acquiring some of the licences?
What if you have more than one OS/computer, and want to listen to the
music you've bought and paid for on all of them? Specifically, what
if you want to play your WMAs on Linux? All of those apply to me.).

The message <47EAB6EE.F62A5DFE@nana.net>
from Hp contains these words:

> I still use winamp 2.95, in it is a codec for saveing a file it plays
> to the harddrive instead of out to the speakers, Works Like a champ!
> look in the OPTIONS PREFERENCES OUTPUT for Nullsoft diskwriter
> that is the piece to use, (even works for streaming audio from the
> internet to the speakers)

> ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION

> DO NOT FORGET TO REASSIGN WINAMP'S OUTPUT TO DIRECTSOUND OR YOU WILL
> FILL UP YOUR HARDDRIVE SHOULD YOU USE WINAMP TO LISTEN TO MUSIC
> AFTERWARDS. IT CAN HAPPEN REALLY FAST DEPENDING ON THE SOURCE YOU
> ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO LISTEN TO.

Sound advice (forgive the pun :-). In fact I use WinAmp 2.10 and have
done exactly the same thing to capture some 24 hours of "The Goon Shows"
being broadcast from an internet streaming 'radio' station a couple or
more years back. I had to disable system sounds for the duration and not
use any other sound related programs.

I landed up with a 7GB wav file for which I had to track down a
suitable file splitter so I could get CoolEdit Pro to load the 650MB
files I'd created and let me slice and dice the 24 hours worth into some
52 28 minute episodes saved as mono wav files which I then converted
back to 64Kbps mono MP3s using Audio Catalyst.

A little bit convuluted, but well worth the trouble to get hold of an
almost pricess collection of Goon Show episodes. The "internet radio
station" disappeared a little while after that so it may have been my
one and only chance to grab them.

--
Regards, John.

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korax1214@gmail.com wrote:
>
> On Mar 26, 3:44 pm, "andy" wrote:
> > If winamp can play it then you can use winamps output plugins and output it
> > in you disired format
>
> Not in Wnamp 5; the current version will only rip CDs, not general
> audio streams. I think this was done to prevent people converting
> protected WMAs to an unprotected format, even though there are several
> legitimate reasons for wanting to do this (for instance, what if you
> reinstall your OS and thus have to acquire your licences all over
> again? What if you're having trouble acquiring some of the licences?
> What if you have more than one OS/computer, and want to listen to the
> music you've bought and paid for on all of them? Specifically, what
> if you want to play your WMAs on Linux? All of those apply to me.).

This is EXACLTY why I stipulted winamp 2.95, the last version before
they mucked it up (in my opinion) also the last one where its easy to
turn off the E.T. feature I recall.