Can anyone recommend some good software to convert *.wav files into *mp3 files?

Tom "Techno" Earl · 10-12-2006, 02:31 PM

Hi

Can anyone reccomend some good and easy to install software to convert my *.wav or *.flac or *.cda files in *.mp3?

It would be brilliant if someone could,

Thanks

Tom "Techno" Earl

i_grok · 10-12-2006, 03:31 PM

I like ffmpeg a lot. It's simple and works:
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/

jens · 10-12-2006, 03:35 PM

Lame comes with about every distro.

Creating an mp3 from wav the fast way:

Code:

lame file.wav

...will ceate an mp3 version (file.wav.mp3)...
..but it will not give you real stereo and only a 128Kbits/sec bitrate.

For stereo and a higher bitrate(in this case you do need to type the resulting file):

Code:

lame -b 160 -m s file.wav file.mp3

(replace 160 with something like 256 if you wish so)

Also see "man lame".

Tom "Techno" Earl · 10-12-2006, 03:37 PM

Thanks you guys/gals for the hasty replies

Tom "Techno" Earl

gandalf2041 · 10-12-2006, 04:03 PM

Tom,

Here's a handy script for nautilus (I think it can be used in Konquerer as well) ---> http://freshmeat.net/projects/audio-convert/