Re: [newbie] MP3 to WAV in K3b?

2004-08-01 Thread Rob Blomquist
Personally I find k3b rock solid. Yikes, I have had bad system takedowns with K3B running in AUTO disk write mode, rather than TAO or DAO right after 10 Official came out. Now its right. Also if you want to go down real hard, run a 2.4 kernel, and upgrade to a 2.6 kernel. Reboot to the 2.6.

Re: [newbie] MP3 to WAV in K3b?

2004-08-01 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2004-08-01 at 16:32, Rob Blomquist wrote: Personally I find k3b rock solid. Yikes, I have had bad system takedowns with K3B running in AUTO disk write mode, rather than TAO or DAO right after 10 Official came out. Now its right. Also if you want to go down real hard, run a 2.4

[newbie] MP3 to WAV in K3b?

2004-07-31 Thread Marco Verheul
Hi all, I seem to remember that I read on this list that it is possible to convert mp3 files to wav with K3b. In K3b I don't see anything in the menu's that indicates that it does. Can anyone tell me how to do this? If it can't be done, what is a good alternative? Cheers, Marco -- Registered

Re: [newbie] MP3 to WAV in K3b?

2004-07-31 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 31 Jul 2004 12:16, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, I seem to remember that I read on this list that it is possible to convert mp3 files to wav with K3b. In K3b I don't see anything in the menu's that indicates that it does. Can anyone tell me how to do this? If it can't be done,

Re: [newbie] MP3 to WAV in K3b?

2004-07-31 Thread Marco Verheul
On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 13:33, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 31 Jul 2004 12:16, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, I seem to remember that I read on this list that it is possible to convert mp3 files to wav with K3b. In K3b I don't see anything in the menu's that indicates that it does.

Re: [newbie] MP3 to WAV in K3b?

2004-07-31 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 31 Jul 2004 13:16, Marco Verheul wrote: On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 13:33, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 31 Jul 2004 12:16, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, I seem to remember that I read on this list that it is possible to convert mp3 files to wav with K3b. In K3b I don't see

Re: [newbie] MP3 to WAV in K3b? [SOLVED]

2004-07-31 Thread Marco Verheul
On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 14:52, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 31 Jul 2004 13:16, Marco Verheul wrote: On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 13:33, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 31 Jul 2004 12:16, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, I seem to remember that I read on this list that it is possible to

Re: [newbie] MP3 to WAV in K3b? [SOLVED]

2004-07-31 Thread Chris
On Saturday 31 July 2004 10:38 am, Marco Verheul wrote: Thanks, it was my window manager that got stuck. Gave it a try again and it worked like a charm! K3b moved way up in the burning business... I guess by the time I figured out xcdroast I got stuck to it. Still like it though, but K3b

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversiontool

2003-08-17 Thread Anarky
Ralph Slooten wrote: On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 08:17:05 +1200 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't this be accumulating losses exponentially? Like 5% loss in original mp3. Convert to wav then 5% loss from wav to ogg = total loss of 25%. Of course i may be blowing smoke. It depends

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversiontool

2003-08-17 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 09:14:03 +0300 Anarky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: r u serious? ogg actually compresses better than mp3? And it's also free? r u serious? I mean I'm totally new to this ogg stuff. And what do you convert with? Rezound? Or is there some batch conversion tool/script. Ogg

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversiontool

2003-08-17 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 02:14, Anarky wrote: Ralph Slooten wrote: On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 08:17:05 +1200 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't this be accumulating losses exponentially? Like 5% loss in original mp3. Convert to wav then 5% loss from wav to ogg = total loss of

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversion

2003-08-17 Thread David E. Fox
Know what the best thing about ogg vorbis is when compared against mp3 format? It's freewith no licensing issues. 'Tis true. I wonder then why there isn't more support for it in the consumer electronics arena. Does ogg take up significantly more 'oomph' (for lack of a better word) to

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversion

2003-08-17 Thread David E. Fox
r u serious? ogg actually compresses better than mp3? And it's also free? r u serious? I mean I'm totally new to this ogg stuff. And what do Sure. Many people are saying that. I haven't done many tests to determine this for myself. For one test: -rw-r--r--1 root root 3394855 Aug

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversiontool

2003-08-15 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Anarky wrote: is there like a audio conversion tool that can handle all different stuff like this (like saving as an mp3 with a different bitrate/stereo/mono, converting to wave, or compressing back)? Is there like an unified toool like this with some gui? Yes.

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversiontool

2003-08-15 Thread Anarky
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Anarky wrote: is there like a audio conversion tool that can handle all different stuff like this (like saving as an mp3 with a different bitrate/stereo/mono, converting to wave, or compressing back)? Is there like an unified toool like this with some gui? Yes.

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversiontool

2003-08-15 Thread Michael Adams
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 10:36:02 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anarky wrote: is there like a audio conversion tool that can handle all different stuff like this (like saving as an mp3 with a different bitrate/stereo/mono, converting to wave, or compressing back)? Is

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversiontool

2003-08-15 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Anarky wrote: Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Anarky wrote: is there like a audio conversion tool that can handle all different stuff like this (like saving as an mp3 with a different bitrate/stereo/mono, converting to wave, or compressing back)? Is there like an unified toool like this with

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversion tool

2003-08-15 Thread Richard Urwin
On Friday 15 Aug 2003 9:17 pm, Michael Adams wrote: On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 10:36:02 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anarky wrote: is there like a audio conversion tool that can handle all different stuff like this (like saving as an mp3 with a different

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversiontool

2003-08-15 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Michael Adams wrote: On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 10:36:02 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anarky wrote: is there like a audio conversion tool that can handle all different stuff like this (like saving as an mp3 with a different bitrate/stereo/mono, converting to wave, or

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversiontool

2003-08-15 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 08:17:05 +1200 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't this be accumulating losses exponentially? Like 5% loss in original mp3. Convert to wav then 5% loss from wav to ogg = total loss of 25%. Of course i may be blowing smoke. It depends how you look at it I

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversion tool

2003-08-15 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday August 15 2003 03:47 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Michael Adams wrote: On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 10:36:02 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anarky wrote: is there like a audio conversion tool that can handle all different stuff like this (like saving as an mp3 with a

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversion tool

2003-08-15 Thread Todd Slater
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 08:21:19PM -0500, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday August 15 2003 03:47 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Michael Adams wrote: On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 10:36:02 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anarky wrote: is there like a audio conversion tool that can

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav to ogg to mp3 different bitrate conversion tool

2003-08-15 Thread David E. Fox
mencoder input.mpg [or .avi or .wmv] -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4 -vop scale=640:480 -oac copy -o output.avi Let's say you want to do the reverse - avi to mpeg, for a VCD. I've been able to get DVD ripping to go to avi more or less all right, but VCD's want mpeg and it's not clear to me

[newbie] mp3 to wav

2003-05-31 Thread Benjamin Jeeves
Hi all is there a tool for converting mp3 to wav format ? Thank You Benjamin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav

2003-05-31 Thread Guilherme Cirne
Hi all is there a tool for converting mp3 to wav format ? Thank You Benjamin Try the diskwriter plugin for xmms. --- Guilherme Cirne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav

2003-05-31 Thread Joe Hill
On Fri, 30 May 2003 15:15:06 + Benjamin Jeeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Hi all is there a tool for converting mp3 to wav format ? the lame encoder-decoder will do that, you can get lame plugins for various apps I believe, like grip or xmms to decode mp3.

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav

2003-05-31 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Friday 30 May 2003 08:15 am, Benjamin Jeeves wrote: Hi all is there a tool for converting mp3 to wav format ? It can be done in a graphical environment using Audacity, but I have never reseached what application actually does the conversion. There must be one. Rob -- Linux: For the

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav

2003-05-31 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday May 30 2003 10:15 am, Benjamin Jeeves wrote: Hi all is there a tool for converting mp3 to wav format ? Thank You Benjamin Several, but my preference is to use xmms. Install the xmms-diskwriter rpm appropriate for your xmms version (it's on your CD's) and then select it, and

Re: [newbie] mp3 to wav

2003-05-31 Thread Chris
On Friday 30 May 2003 10:15 am, Benjamin Jeeves said,: Hi all is there a tool for converting mp3 to wav format ? Thank You Benjamin Below is a little script that was provided to me by 'bones' earlier this year. I've been using it and have't had any problems. Hope this helps.

Re: [newbie] MP3 to WAV

2002-03-18 Thread Guilherme Cirne
On Monday 18 March 2002 4:28 am, you wrote: Guilherme Cirne wrote: Hi, Does anyone know an easy way to do a batch conversion of mp3 files to wav files. For example, I want to easily convert all the mp3 files in one directory to wav files, keeping the same filename (only changing the

[newbie] MP3 to WAV

2002-03-17 Thread Guilherme Cirne
Hi, Does anyone know an easy way to do a batch conversion of mp3 files to wav files. For example, I want to easily convert all the mp3 files in one directory to wav files, keeping the same filename (only changing the extension from .mp3 to .wav). Using mpg123 -w ~/tmp/*.wav ~/tmp/*.mp3

Re: [newbie] MP3 to WAV

2002-03-17 Thread Sevatio
Guilherme Cirne wrote: Hi, Does anyone know an easy way to do a batch conversion of mp3 files to wav files. For example, I want to easily convert all the mp3 files in one directory to wav files, keeping the same filename (only changing the extension from .mp3 to .wav). Using mpg123 -w

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-02 Thread angry
al Message On 1/31/01, 4:43:44 PM, Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] MP3 to .wav?: How do I change MP3 files to .wav format so I can burn them to cd? What programs and front ends are there for this process? -- Registered Linux User #181996 Da

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-02 Thread hellmut
But when you burn a wav file to a CD it will be written in a way that a CD player can read it, I've tried it out! Why would you want to convert them to .wav? The music on a normal CD is in raw digital format, not .wav, so it's not like your CD player will be able to read it anyway... Dave

RE: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-02 Thread Hugo GONZALEZ
Yes, only if you specify that it will be an audio CD. If not, it'll be a data CD with wav files. Hugo -Original Message- From: hellmut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav? But when you burn

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-02 Thread Joan Tur
Jon Doe escribi: How do I change MP3 files to .wav format so I can burn them to cd? What programs and front ends are there for this process? Use xmms. Options... preferences... output plugin... Disk writer plugin -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-02 Thread Joan Tur
Jon Doe escribi: On Wednesday 31 January 2001 08:02 pm, Sevatio Octavio loudly grumbled: You can use XMMS. Go to Preferences; output Plugins; Select "Diskwriter Plugin"; configure it for a location to put your created wav files. Seve Ok, done. Now what? I don't see anything on Xmms

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-01 Thread Jon Doe
On Wednesday 31 January 2001 08:02 pm, Sevatio Octavio loudly grumbled: You can use XMMS. Go to Preferences; output Plugins; Select "Diskwriter Plugin"; configure it for a location to put your created wav files. Seve Ok, done. Now what? I don't see anything on Xmms to record or anything.

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-01 Thread Ed Tharp
ot; [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav? Why would you want to convert them to .wav? The music on a normal CD is in raw digital format, not .wav, so it's not like your CD player will be able to read it anyway... D

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-01 Thread Todd Flinders
Plugins; Select "Diskwriter Plugin"; configure it for a location to put your created wav files. Seve Original Message On 1/31/01, 4:43:44 PM, Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] MP3 to .wav?: How do I change MP3 files to .wav format so I can burn

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-01 Thread Jon Doe
On Thursday 01 February 2001 08:47 pm, Dave Sherman loudly grumbled: Hmm. Well, I guess I stand corrected. Thanks for the info. Dave On Thursday 01 February 2001 16:22, you wrote: CD players do read .wav music. Don't ask me the technicality's of it, but I have made many CD's by burning

Re: [newbie] MP3 to .wav?

2001-02-01 Thread -michael-
On Wednesday 31 January 2001 03:43 pm, regarding [newbie] MP3 to .wav?, you said: How do I change MP3 files to .wav format so I can burn them to cd? What programs and front ends are there for this process? I could not believe how, when I installed the latest version of gtoaster, the default