Re: newbie queries

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Hi Jack,

(Reply to the list, that way the archives can be useful to others down
the road and you can get help from the other folks on the list.)

jackc wrote:
>>Neither Grip nor LAME  is available in your distro?  That's a shame.
>>  
> its RH EL 4.0, i installed the whole distro, but nope...

Check out RPMforge.  They have addon packages for RHEL, including both
grip and lame.  http://rpmforge.net/user/

>>I'll also bet that your files actually are mp3's, but they're just
>>named .ogg.  Try running the file command on one of them and see what
>>it says (e.g. file bad_enough.ogg).  If file tells you that they're
>>mp3 files, you can just rename them to .mp3.
>>  
> 
> right you are!

Cool.

> file bad_enough.ogg
> bad_enough.ogg: MP3, 128 kBits, 44.1 kHz, JStereo
> 
> but the encode file format is just the %x, can i just put .mp3 there?

Yeah.  Either that or change "Encode file extension" to mp3 (if that
setting is available in 3.0.4).

> i tried a different version and got a bunch of install conflicts, this 
> version just fit in...

Ahhh.  Makes sense.

> i will see if i can find a newer version...

Definitely check rpmforge.  That's invaluable for RHEL IMHO.

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