Re: Wav to Mp3 leads to an mp3 file that has a longer duration

Martin Ratinaud <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.audio.sox
Message-ID <CAKy7tYjJZEOjRtaNXCC+DctuBK+cKwBJy1RLjWpDbCo0sPdFQw@mail.gmail.com>
Thanks for the tip!

What codec should I use then ?

Thanks
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*Martin RATINAUD*
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On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:44 PM Måns Rullgård <[email protected]> wrote:

> Martin Ratinaud <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Ok, thanks.
> >
> > But would it be possible to
> > - add silence samples at the end of the wav file so that is is a multiple
> > of 1152
> > - convert it to an mp3
> > - and get the exact same number of samples with no change between wav
> > duration and mp3 duration
> >
> > Because I just test with a wav file that is 8640000 samples = 7500 * 1152
> > and when I convert it to an mp3, I get 8641152 samples
>
> Apparently the LAME encoder is adding an extra frame for some reason.
> MP3 is weird like this.  If you need the number of samples to be exact,
> you'll have to switch a more modern codec.
>
> --
> Måns Rullgård
>

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