On 14 April 2010 12:39, Nigel Verity <nigelver...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys > > I'm a bit of an audiophile, and have a large collection of music stored in > WAV format to preserve the sound quality. Clearly it's not possible to copy > many of these huge files to a portable player, so they need to be > compressed. After much experimentation I've concluded that OGG and WMA are > both better formats for sound quality than MP3 at a given bit rate. The > trouble is that neither of my portable players will play OGG, so it has to > be WMA. > > Using the command "ffmpeg -i input.wav -ab 128k output.wma" I get a WMA > file which will sound great on Linux using players such as VLC, Exaile and > Rhythmbox. Unfortunately on both my portable players I get "File Error". > I've even tried playing files converted this way on XP using WMP, and got > similar results. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on an ffmpeg parameter that will solve the > problem, or know of an alternative Linux app that will convert the files > correctly? > > If you feel you must use WMV, which is a proprietary Microsoft codec and is reverse engineered in ffmpeg, try ffmpeg -i input.wav -acodec wmav2 -ab 128k output.wma . It might have something to do with your player's firmware though - if they are certified for PlaysForSure then that conversion might not work anyway as I think that only accepts WMV3. >From what I remember, WMA sounds 'better' because it concentrates on different parts of the audio spectrum to MP3. It's a matter of taste, but it's going to restrict your choice of player, especially under Linux. s/ -- Save BBC 6 Music http://www.love6music.com My CV: http://sites.google.com/site/simongreenwoodscv/ Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood Support for unemployed IT professionals:
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