Thanks for the info. I suppose I'll write a simple script to do so using notlame, a freeware mp3 encoder that I've read some good reviews about. Too bad about the gpl issue.
-> craig: sorry about the xtra email... wasn't paying attention. jackp --- Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jack Pistachio wrote: > > > Does anyone know of a good app to easily convert ogg > vorbis > > audio files to mp3? Preferably it would retain the > info in > > the new mp3 files, and have a gnu public license of > course. > > Such a program would essentially just be an ogg vorbis > decoder piped to > an mp3 encoder, along with some helpful glue to guess > which vorbis tags > to move into the mp3's id3 tags. Since it would have an > mp3 encoder, it > couldn't possibly be under GPL, since mp3 encoders are > patent-encumbered. > > I suppose a simpler program that invoked an external mp3 > encoder could > be GPL'd, but then you still need an mp3 encoder, so you > can't have a > fully GPL'd solution. > > Craig > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

