Re: [expert] decoding a VBR mp3
On Saturday 16 August 2003 01:25 am, David E. Fox wrote: That's precisely what I'm trying to do. BTW, the xmms-diskwriter thingy worked fine - I just su over, run cdrecord and give him all the wav files. I'm the proud owner of a new Ween CD :). Now I'm getting kiss alive II :) guess I'll be up all night :). Originally this was a double lp. Maybe it'll all fit on one CD. Hey, a Kiss fan?! Me too! My cousin and I saw the final (reunited with Peter) tour in Louisville a couple of years ago. Awesome stuff! I don't think I can find fault with that method. What I am looking for is an easier way to automate much of the background processing, and when burning a set of mp3s in wav for cd, making sure I can fit the # of mp3 files to the CD, and not run out of room. It's simpler of course to do that in a GUI. Umm, its 70 mins for audio, right? I use Gcombusts screen to tell how many WAV files I can get on a 700 mb CD. It tells size and minutes, from the screen where you are adding files from. I like cdbakeoven's interface btw. It'll keep track of the time your tracks use as well as give you an indication of how much space you've wasted. Well, like I mentioned, Gcombust does that as well. See ya later! :-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] decoding a VBR mp3
Hey, a Kiss fan?! Me too! My cousin and I saw the final (reunited with Peter) tour in Louisville a couple of years ago. Awesome stuff! Kinda sorta. I had friends who were into it, I haven't listened to them since vinyl days, but it brings back memories. I have a couple of kiss cd's - one unplugged that is rather nice, and 'kiss my ass' featuring covers of different people (garth brooks etc.) doing the songs. That one is pretty good, and there are some interesting variants, including a 6/8 time rendition of rock and roll all nite that actually sounds better than the original version (in 4/4 time). led zep is like that too - encomium features a number of new rock artists playing classic LZ. It features probably the wierdest rendition of custard pie I've ever heard :). Plus last weekend I ripped dread zezpelin - now that's really weird. kinda reggae / dance music versions :). Umm, its 70 mins for audio, right? I use Gcombusts screen to tell how many WAV Yeah, 74 but kiss alive ii fit just fine on a 74 min. Bet the cd version is marketed as a 2 disk version though. What a ripoff :(. One can supposedly calculate the required size from the wav file size, of course, so awk (probably) to the rescue ;). A little aside - if file would just say this is a 44.1khz file that is so many mins and seconds' or another quickie tool, that would be a good thing. Otherwise I could hover the mouse on an mp3 in konqueror and get the timings. But that's not always the case. I guess I'll have to give gcombust another try. My experience hasn't been all that successful for the type of stuff (namely, other than 44.1khz stereo mp3s) I've been putting on CDs. /\ DarkLord David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] decoding a VBR mp3
Hello - In a prior post (subject K3b cdwriter) I explained the method I use for decoding mp3s to wav files so I can make a CD from them. I mentioned that I was planning on scrapping this because mpg123 fails to play the file(s) in question. So (presumably) decoding via mpg123 is not an option here. What I subsequently found -- mplayer to the rescue. At least mplayer will play them when mpg123 refuses to do so. I also tried lame to decode one of these files, and the result is a segmentation fault preceded by a number of unsupported messages relating to bitstream resyncing and frequency changes. The process (in comparison with mpg123 piping to sox) is *significantly* slower. I'm thinking along the lines if mplayer can play it, it should be able to decode it. mplayer -streamdump file dumps core. :( And the (incomplete) dumped stream is in mp3 format. Somehow I don't think it's going to work. I imagine folks here have tried this before. Any help? David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] decoding a VBR mp3
On Friday 15 August 2003 11:33 pm, David E. Fox wrote: Hello - In a prior post (subject K3b cdwriter) I explained the method I use for decoding mp3s to wav files so I can make a CD from them. I mentioned that I was planning on scrapping this because mpg123 fails to play the file(s) in question. So (presumably) decoding via mpg123 is not an option here. David - I missed that thread (well, actually I just didn't follow it - I use Gcombust without problem here). Anyways, have you tried the diskwriter plugin with XMMS to see if the resulting WAV file is acceptable for you to use? Just a thought... :-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] decoding a VBR mp3
David - I missed that thread (well, actually I just didn't follow it - I use Gcombust without problem here). Anyways, have you tried the diskwriter plugin I'm going to give gcombust another try. Specifically, did you see my comment about it making data copies of the mp3s rather than doing the decoding? I'm pretty sure I selected audio cd and not data cd. with XMMS to see if the resulting WAV file is acceptable for you to use? I installed it, and configured it, but I'm not sure that it's convenient from an automation standpoint. I'll try and see if I can just select all the files and run them through en masse with xmms-diskwriter. Seems like it might actually work. I added the files and selected the diskwriter and it's a disk writin' :) David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] decoding a VBR mp3
On Saturday 16 August 2003 12:53 am, David E. Fox wrote: I'm going to give gcombust another try. Specifically, did you see my comment about it making data copies of the mp3s rather than doing the decoding? I'm pretty sure I selected audio cd and not data cd. If you mean pick .MP3 and wind up with an audio track on your disk in one fell swoop...well, I've never tried that. I always converted a bunch of MP3s with the diskwriter plugin in XMMS, then ran normalize on them to equal everything out, then used Gcombust to burn them as audio tracks to disk. (BTW, this process was passed on to me by the venerable Tom Brinkman, to give credit where credit is due!). :-) I installed it, and configured it, but I'm not sure that it's convenient from an automation standpoint. I'll try and see if I can just select all the files and run them through en masse with xmms-diskwriter. Seems like it might actually work. I added the files and selected the diskwriter and it's a disk writin' :) Yes, I can pick individual viles, groups, or whole directories with it. Very handy, just change the audio i/o to diskwriter, make your selection, hit play and boom! hey-presto! instant WAV file. Hope this helped ya! -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] decoding a VBR mp3
If you mean pick .MP3 and wind up with an audio track on your disk in one fell swoop...well, I've never tried that. I always converted a bunch of MP3s with That's precisely what I'm trying to do. BTW, the xmms-diskwriter thingy worked fine - I just su over, run cdrecord and give him all the wav files. I'm the proud owner of a new Ween CD :). Now I'm getting kiss alive II :) guess I'll be up all night :). Originally this was a double lp. Maybe it'll all fit on one CD. the diskwriter plugin in XMMS, then ran normalize on them to equal everything out, then used Gcombust to burn them as audio tracks to disk. (BTW, this I don't think I can find fault with that method. What I am looking for is an easier way to automate much of the background processing, and when burning a set of mp3s in wav for cd, making sure I can fit the # of mp3 files to the CD, and not run out of room. It's simpler of course to do that in a GUI. I like cdbakeoven's interface btw. It'll keep track of the time your tracks use as well as give you an indication of how much space you've wasted. For much of what I've been recording, straight mp3 to wav conversion proves effective since I'm just burning single radio shows (OTR) to the cd. But I have a couple where I think I could get 2 or maybe three on 1 cd and being sure I don't run out of room helps. I don't want to try overburn jsut yet :). These aren't typical 44.1k stereo things; that's where the sampling rate needs to match in the decoding process. Yes, I can pick individual viles, groups, or whole directories with it. Very handy, just change the audio i/o to diskwriter, make your selection, hit play Ok... yes, as I tried that, it works just fine. I'll have to remember to do that - especially when confronted with vbr's in the future. David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
