Re: [linux-audio-user] why is my mp3 file bigger than my wav file?

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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 - 06:55:49 EET

Oups it didn't work this way, but rather like that:
ext-mp3-output-cmd = lame -b 128 -x -S %f
with no "-" before "%f".

On Sat, 2 Feb 2002 08:53:31 +0400
CLOTILDE <guy.clotilde_AT_wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > --
> > Laura (mailto:lconrad_AT_laymusic.org , http://www.laymusic.org/ )
> > (617) 661-8097 fax: (801) 365-6574
> > 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139
> >

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