Re: wav to mp3 script

On Sunday, November 20, 2011 03:09:31 PM Jonathan Remener did opine:

> 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.
> 
+100, it always works.

> 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.


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