Re: [newbie] wma to mp3
On Saturday 31 January 2004 00:40, anton wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 30 January 2004 05:56, anton wrote: > >>IIRC you need to go to WAV first, and then to MP3. I remember a > >>thread about going from OGG to mp3 and the consensus was that > >> even apps that said they went direct actually just had a WAV > >> step that wasn't shown to the user. > >> > >>The above advice is good though, as lossy to lossy will result in > >>lossy^2, which is never a good thing :-0 > > > > If you convert a lossy format to wav you will not put back what > > is already lost, so you are still going lossy to lossy > > Sorry Anne, > did I not use enough words? > Cheers > Anton Maybe I misunderstood you, Anton. I thought that you were saying that if you go from avi to wav first you would not be moving lossy to lossy. If that's not what you meant, I apologise. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wma to mp3
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 30 January 2004 05:56, anton wrote: IIRC you need to go to WAV first, and then to MP3. I remember a thread about going from OGG to mp3 and the consensus was that even apps that said they went direct actually just had a WAV step that wasn't shown to the user. The above advice is good though, as lossy to lossy will result in lossy^2, which is never a good thing :-0 If you convert a lossy format to wav you will not put back what is already lost, so you are still going lossy to lossy Sorry Anne, did I not use enough words? Cheers Anton -- Sent by the lovely Mozilla running MDK9.2 on an Athlon2000XP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wma to mp3
On Friday 30 January 2004 05:56, anton wrote: > > IIRC you need to go to WAV first, and then to MP3. I remember a > thread about going from OGG to mp3 and the consensus was that even > apps that said they went direct actually just had a WAV step that > wasn't shown to the user. > > The above advice is good though, as lossy to lossy will result in > lossy^2, which is never a good thing :-0 If you convert a lossy format to wav you will not put back what is already lost, so you are still going lossy to lossy Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wma to mp3
Aaron wrote: I was surprised to find that Audacity did not have that ability. Don't be suprised wma and mp3 are lossy compression methods and it is highly unrecommended to go from compressed to compressed format. I do remember an application that does this but results will vary and if you can find a cd audio file or a wave its the best. Also see if Sox will do the conversion. Aaron IIRC you need to go to WAV first, and then to MP3. I remember a thread about going from OGG to mp3 and the consensus was that even apps that said they went direct actually just had a WAV step that wasn't shown to the user. The above advice is good though, as lossy to lossy will result in lossy^2, which is never a good thing :-0 Cheers Anton -- Sent by the lovely Mozilla running MDK9.2 on an Athlon2000XP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wma to mp3
I was surprised to find that Audacity did not have that ability. Don't be suprised wma and mp3 are lossy compression methods and it is highly unrecommended to go from compressed to compressed format. I do remember an application that does this but results will vary and if you can find a cd audio file or a wave its the best. Also see if Sox will do the conversion. Aaron tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] wma to mp3
Hi, Any recommendations on a program that will do a wma to mp3 conversion. I was surprised to find that Audacity did not have that ability. I did a search on freshmeat but there was nothing suitable. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
