Cannot use "-ao pcm -aofile -" to write to stdout

[craig.eales@…]

You cannot select stdout as the target of the "pcm" audio driver.

e.g.

mplayer bob.ogg -ao pcm -aofile - > test.wav

Does not write the pcm file to test.wav but instead creates a local file called
"-". This means that I cannot pipe the output through custom filters, etc.

Craig

[poirierg@…]

(In reply to comment #0)

You cannot select stdout as the target of the "pcm" audio driver.

e.g.

mplayer bob.ogg -ao pcm -aofile - > test.wav

Does not write the pcm file to test.wav but instead creates a local file called
"-". This means that I cannot pipe the output through custom filters, etc.

Wouldn't it be better to use a named pipe instead?.
Plus, in MPlayer, using the special file "-" is to take INPUT from STDIN, not
output.