Re: wav to mp3 script

On 11/20/2011 10:53 AM, Norman Carver wrote:
> On Sunday, November 20, 2011 07:43:14 AM Chris wrote:
>> On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 07:01 -0500, James Francis wrote:
>>> And where might we find it, should we ever need to do the same?
>>> Thanks,
>>> James
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPod
>>>
>>> On Nov 19, 2011, at 11:44 PM, Chris<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>> Please disregard my previous request, I found a tiny script using
>>>> google
>>>> (which I should have done in the first place) that will batch convert
>>>> all wav files in a folder to mp3s.
>> I should have included the link, guess I was getting way too tired:
>>
>> http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2008/02/script-to-convert-wav-to-mp3.html
>>
>> You do need LAME installed for it to work.
> Most people want tagged MP3's, so it is much better to use
> a program specifically designed for ripping audio CDs, which
> will look up the CD info online.  These can also save the tracks
> as FLAC files rather than WAV files.  FLAC files are full resolution
> but generally about half the size of WAV files, plus have a
> standard for tagging (unlike WAV files).  Then you can rip your
> CDs once and store the full resolution audio forever, possibly
> converting it to different compressed formats/resolutions as
> desired.  There are also networked audio players that will
> allow you to directly play the FLAC files (e.g., Logitech Squeezebox).
> I have several of the Squeezebox players and have ripped most
> of my hundreds of CDs into FLAC files.  Being able to instantly
> play any track from any of 700+ CDs is quite wonderful.  And
> they are full CD quality not--not 128k or 192k bit rate MP3--which
> as Gene says, often sounds quite poor through a good hifi
> (though might be acceptable for ipod-like device--though I use
> 320kbps MP3s on my ipod).  (Actually, companies like hdtracks.com
> sell>CD-quality FLAC files as well as CD quality.)
>
> As for the script, well it is fine if you don't care about tags, but
> there are better scripts floating around that will convert FLAC
> to MP3 and keep the tagging info (plus naming tracks as you
> might want, from the tags).
>
> You might try creating MP3s at various bitrates and then listen
> to them on the target device.  I would consider your script's
> 192kbps to be a poor choice.  Try comparing a 192k version to
> a 320k (max bitrate) version.  If you cannot distinguish them
> on the target device, then stick with 192k.  Otherwise, either
> go right to 320k or try some intermediate values (see the
> lame man page for legal values).
> Norm
>
For ripping cds with automatic conversion and getting tags for you, I've 
always used grip.

Mandriva comes with soundconverter, which has a nice gui and lets you 
set options for batch conversions.  Theres a kde program too, that works 
through konqueror.