Re: wav to mp3 script

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On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 09:53 -0600, 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
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> > > Sent from my iPod
> > >=20
> > > 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 conve=
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> > > > all wav files in a folder to mp3s.
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> > I should have included the link, guess I was getting way too tired:
> >=20
> > http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2008/02/script-to-convert-wav-to-mp3.ht=
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> > You do need LAME installed for it to work.
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> 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.)
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> 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).
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> 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

I'm using cdparanoia to rip from the cds that would not mount, the
wav2mp3 script with 320k bitrate and mp3cddb to tag and rename the mp3s.
Probably a few extra steps but I have nothing else to do and they come
out fine.

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