Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] why is my mp3 file bigger than my wav file?
From: CLOTILDE (guy.clotilde_AT_wanadoo.fr)
Date: Sat Feb 02 2002 - 06:53:31 EET
Hi
I don't know a lot, but my .ecsoundrc shows that:
ext-mp3-output-cmd = lame -b 128 -x -S - %f
and it works ( =compress), although ecasound complains that "an output object has raised an error".
what about yours?
On 01 Feb 2002 18:54:04 -0500
Laura Conrad <lconrad_AT_laymusic.org> wrote:
> >>>>> "Ross" == Ross Vandegrift <ross_AT_willow.seitz.com> writes:
>
> >> -rw-rw-r-- 1 lconrad lconrad 2322432 Feb 1 17:11 lingham.mp3
> >> -rw-rw-r-- 1 lconrad lconrad 1163619 Feb 1 17:06 lingham.wav
> >>
> >> The point of making the mp3 file was to get the compression -- what
> >> did I do wrong?
>
> Ross> Though I have no idea what could ever cause this, it would certainly help to
> Ross> know:
> Ross> 1) what resolution/rate the wav was recorded at
>
> my .ecasoundrc file says:
>
> default-samplerate = 44100
>
> This is presumably the default for ecasound, since I haven't changed
> anything.
>
> Ross> 2) how you encoded the wav
>
> Again from the .ecasoundrc:
>
> ext-mp3-output-cmd = lame -b 128 -x -S - %f
>
> Ross> If that's actually a proper mp3 encoding and nothing went "wrong", I'll bet it
> Ross> must be a bug in the encoder.
>
> It sounds "proper" when I play it. I don't know anything about lame,
> because I've always let ecasound run it for me. I did try running it
> directly, to use the "-m m" option to get a mono mp3, and that mp3
> sounded like the Chipmunks.
>
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