Re: dumb wav->mp3 question

2001-07-15 Thread W. Paul Mills
But does not seem to be installable without a lot of trouble unless one is running unstable. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) writes: > On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 03:30:18PM -0400, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > > what's the command to convert .wav files to mp3 format? > > You want "lame" for that

Re: dumb wav->mp3 question

2001-07-15 Thread W. Paul Mills
Clarification ogg does not seem to be installable without a lot of trouble on stable systems. Only on unstable, or perhaps testing. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) writes: > > Better is to use the ogg format instead of mp3. Ogg is free. > It is also said to be technically better. Install vo

Re: dumb wav->mp3 question

2001-07-15 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 06:34:58PM -0400, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 09:42:31PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > :On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 03:30:18PM -0400, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > :> what's the command to convert .wav files to mp3 format? > : > :You want "lame" for that. >

Re: dumb wav->mp3 question

2001-07-15 Thread Glyn Millington
"Jonathan D. Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > And it hurts my brain that I did this less than two weeks ago and > can't find the tool I used. Was it by any chance toolame? Glyn -- ** * Here we are th

Re: dumb wav->mp3 question

2001-07-15 Thread David Z Maze
Jonathan D Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JDP> On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 09:42:31PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: JDP> :Better is to use the ogg format instead of mp3. Ogg is free. JDP> :It is also said to be technically better. Install vorbis-tools. JDP> JDP> I did run across that, where "technic

Re: dumb wav->mp3 question

2001-07-15 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 09:42:31PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: :On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 03:30:18PM -0400, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: :> what's the command to convert .wav files to mp3 format? : :You want "lame" for that. Perhaps that's what I want, but I'm 99% certain I apt-got something that does

Re: dumb wav->mp3 question

2001-07-15 Thread Joost Kooij
On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 03:30:18PM -0400, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > what's the command to convert .wav files to mp3 format? You want "lame" for that. Look it up on google, also look for "unoffical sources.list". Lame is not on the debian ftp site, because there are patent problems. Better is

dumb wav->mp3 question

2001-07-15 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, what's the command to convert .wav files to mp3 format? this is a dumb question 'cus I was doing it a week ago and after 3h with apropos,dpkg -l,apt-cache search,and ls /usr/bin |less, I still can't find it :( TIA, -Jon