[gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-01 Thread sdoma
Hi, I got some MP3 files which seem not to be properly coded. The Interpret/Title information is missing for some, other show very ugly time information in XMMS ( -234567:21, 893767:13 i.e.) but the frame/duration in the MP3 info is correct. Are there any tools (preferred command line) to decode

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-01 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Friday 01 September 2006 17:47, sdoma wrote: > Hi, > > I got some MP3 files which seem not to be properly coded. The > Interpret/Title information is missing for some, other show very ugly > time information in XMMS ( -234567:21, 893767:13 i.e.) but the > frame/duration in the MP3 info is correc

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-01 Thread sdoma
On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 18:12 +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > On Friday 01 September 2006 17:47, sdoma wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I got some MP3 files which seem not to be properly coded. The > > Interpret/Title information is missing for some, other show very ugly > > time information in XMMS ( -2

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-01 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Friday 01 September 2006 18:21, sdoma wrote: > On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 18:12 +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > On Friday 01 September 2006 17:47, sdoma wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I got some MP3 files which seem not to be properly coded. The > > > Interpret/Title information is missing for

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-01 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 01 September 2006 16:47, sdoma wrote: > Hi, > > I got some MP3 files which seem not to be properly coded. The > Interpret/Title information is missing for some, other show very ugly > time information in XMMS ( -234567:21, 893767:13 i.e.) but the > frame/duration in the MP3 info is correct. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-01 Thread sdoma
On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 18:58 +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > Could you point me to some of the "lots of tools" you mentioned? > > media-sound/audiotag > Latest version available: 0.15 > Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] > Size of downloaded files: 14 kB > H

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-01 Thread Martins Steinbergs
On Friday 01 September 2006 19:58, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > On Friday 01 September 2006 18:21, sdoma wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 18:12 +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > > On Friday 01 September 2006 17:47, sdoma wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I got some MP3 files which seem not

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-01 Thread Richard Fish
On 9/1/06, Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And recoding: mp3 is a lossy format. If you turn them into wavs you have not only wavs based on reduced information, you remove the stuff that makes mp3 sound 'better' than they are. If you encode them again, you are removing more inform

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-01 Thread darren kirby
quoth the Hemmann, Volker Armin: > On Friday 01 September 2006 17:47, sdoma wrote: > > even if there are tools - don't do it. > > The artist/title info is in the id4 tags - you can edit them with lots of > tools, even inside most players. No need to recode them. This is true, no need to re-encode

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-01 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Friday 01 September 2006 21:23, darren kirby wrote: > "Hardly bearable"? Maybe if you have the ears of a dog. If you start with a > decent bitrate in the first place (128+) I don't see a difference with > naked ears at all. I hear the fine high pitch sound of TVs and I hear the fine high noise

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-01 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > I hear the fine high pitch sound of TVs and I hear the fine high noise of > marten repellants. So yes, I have the ears of a dog. You are not alone boy! I used to get to my girlfriend's house, and although the TV was ma

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-01 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Saturday 02 September 2006 01:14, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: > Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > I hear the fine high pitch sound of TVs and I hear the fine high noise of > > marten repellants. So yes, I have the ears of a dog. > > You are not alone boy! I used to get to my girlfriend's hou

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-01 Thread darren kirby
quoth the Hemmann, Volker Armin: > On Friday 01 September 2006 21:23, darren kirby wrote: > > "Hardly bearable"? Maybe if you have the ears of a dog. If you start with > > a decent bitrate in the first place (128+) I don't see a difference with > > naked ears at all. > > I hear the fine high pitch

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-02 Thread sdoma
Well, seeing where this thread tends to ;) ... It seems my problems are related to XMMS bugs. I can edit the Interpret/Title/Album info from "Amarok". Amarok shows the track lengths correct and the "Fixmp3" tool Martin pointed to says that there are no errors in the tracks. Thanks for your help F

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-02 Thread Mick
On Saturday 02 September 2006 04:54, kashani wrote: > Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > On Saturday 02 September 2006 01:14, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: > >> Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > >>> I hear the fine high pitch sound of TVs and I hear the fine high noise > >>> of marten repellants. So

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Decoding / encoding mp3 files

2006-09-02 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Saturday 02 September 2006 03:53, darren kirby wrote: > quoth the Hemmann, Volker Armin: > > On Friday 01 September 2006 21:23, darren kirby wrote: > > > "Hardly bearable"? Maybe if you have the ears of a dog. If you start > > > with a decent bitrate in the first place (128+) I don't see a > > >