Sorry - my first email had an error: the second test reslt was 183GB not 1.83GB. Sorry folks. David
On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 07:11 +1100, David Ryder wrote: > Hello, > I have just completed some tests with soundconverter. I am a bit > confused: > 1. In Windows, using any of the plethora of software available, I > converted 18 mp3 files totalling 124.9MB to wav files, resampled at > 44100. The resultant size was 580MB approx. > 2. In Hardy, using soundconverter 1.0.1 (from the repository), I noticed > it used 50% CPU resources when loaded and was non responsive for about > 15 seconds, greyed out then was available to use. There is no resampling > available in this version and converting the same mp3 files to wav > format resulted in a whopping 116.9GB ! > 3. I installed manually the latest soundconverter 1.4.0 which permits > resampling for wav files so I chose 44100 as in the Windows test. Then I > did the same conversion. Ouch - 1.83GB ! > > Soundcoverter to wav results in very much larger file sizes than similar > programs in Windows. Can anybody tell me why and which is actually doing > the job properly? BTW, no, K3b is not an option for me as K3b still has > burning discs bugs - and only Imgburn in wine works for me - that is, no > Linux burning works. > > Many thanks, > > A very frustrated and confused, > David > > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
