How do I convert a S3M file to MP3?

I tried to use ffmpeg to convert this S3M file http://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=34641 into MP3, but it plays incorrectly. It sounds like the music is coming from the basement. VLC won't play it correctly either. ModPlug won't play it correctly either. I've only found that the JavaScript player plays it correctly, but it doesn't seem to generate a file that can be saved.

Chloe

Posted 2016-06-09T03:17:04.503

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Answers

It plays properly with OpenMPT. You have several choices of how to use it:

The stable release on the download page is a GUI program for Windows users for playback and converting.
There is a multi-platform cli tool: openmpt123 for playback and converting.
Plugins are available for various players: Winamp, XMPlay, Kodi, foobar2000, Audacious, qmmp, etc.
Compile ffmpeg with --enable-libopenmpt.

llogan

Posted 2016-06-09T03:17:04.503

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Neat. Is there a Chocolatey package for it? https://chocolatey.org/packages

– Chloe – 2016-06-12T01:49:44.150

@Chloe Yes, but slightly outdated. I've never heard of Chocolatey until you mentioned it...I'm not really a Windows user.

– llogan – 2016-06-12T02:35:34.003

Plays fine in Potplayer and AIMP. FFmpeg & VLC both use Modplug as demuxer, so the culprit here is Modplug, possibly its incomplete support for preamp.

I suggest using the Convertor included with AIMP.

Gyan

Posted 2016-06-09T03:17:04.503

Reputation: 21 016