You could build LAME yourself and then use the GStreamer LAME plugin to enable GStreamer-based programs like sound-juicer to encode to MP3... don't forget to send a check for your MP3 encoding license though ;-)
cheers, steve On 10/16/08 10:45 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote: > Hi Brian. > > Thanks so much for your quick response! > > >> OpenSolaris. There are some free software modules you could build >> yourself which would enable GStreamer based programs (like sound-juicer) >> to encode MP3 - libmad, for example. >> > > Great! I'll check that out. > > >> users. To date, there is no 3rd party that provides a licensed MP3 >> encoder for Solaris or Linux. >> > > Interesting.... I wonder what I've been violating by doing this in > Ubuntu then. Yikes! > > >> I would recommend that you consider using the free ogg-vorbis media >> format for audio. The quality is better, the compression is better, >> and you don't lock your audio data into a non-free non-GPL compatible >> proprietary format which requires you pay licensing fees to use and >> has spotty support on free operating systems. >> > > I wholeheartedly agree with you. And one of these days, I plan to switch > over to the OpenMoko. But right now I've got this Sidekick and to the > best of my knowledge it supports mp3; not ogg-vorbis. :-( > > Thanks again for your help! Take care. > --Joanie > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > -- stephen lau | stevel at opensolaris.org | www.whacked.net
