Re: [linux-audio-user] wav to mp3 converter

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] wav to mp3 converter
From: Jos Laake (jos_AT_radiks.net)
Date: Sun May 30 2004 - 10:58:22 EEST


R Parker wrote:
> Hi Jos,
>
> I use lame. From my script:
> elif [ "$extension" = wav ]; then
> echo "Converting $i to ${i%.*}.mp3 be
> patient!"
> lame -h $i ${i%.*}.mp3
> else
>

Okay, cool! Lame is gonna do the trick. I did a few
trial conversions using a command line similar to what
you used and I'm getting a really good compression rate
and totally acceptable quality. Bravo!

> If you want the script, I'll send it to you.

Please! :-)

> It's not
> that great because it's partially a learning
> experiment and builds an array from the contents of a
> directory--not necesarry but you can strip the array
> code out. It also assumes the directory structure
> ~/clients/clientname/wav, ~/clients/clientname/mp3,
> etc.

I hate scripting. I'll be happy to start with whatever
you can send me. I'd much rather hack a script that I
can kinda understand already than try to do it from
scratch.

> At any rate, Lame produces mp3 files. I use it for
> that although I've never listened to one. :)

I listened to the files I made. Yup, it works jes fine!

Thank you!
~Jos~


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