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: Jörn Nettingsmeier (nettings_AT_folkwang-hochschule.de)
Date: Sat Feb 02 2002 - 09:15:03 EET

Laura Conrad 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?
[...]
> Again from the .ecasoundrc:
>
> ext-mp3-output-cmd = lame -b 128 -x -S - %f

try to run lame from the command line and see what happens.
for a hint on the options, run lame --help.

btw, for best quality at smallest possible size, i found the -v
option to be optimal.
it makes lame adjust the bitrate depending on the "complicatedness"
of the input file. 

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