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Old 07-09-2005, 12:10 AM   #1
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Encoding audio: Mp3 to Mp3


I need to find a good way to encode my audio (which is already in the mp3 format) to make it smaller; a sound compression tool. I've heard of Grip, but it seems that it only encodes from CD's, or am I wrong? And I've read about LAME, but I don't know how to use it. If it can do what I want, which is massively compress audio, then please outline what I need to do with LAME, and if Grip can do it, then please show me how to do so. Thanks!
 
Old 07-09-2005, 12:47 AM   #2
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The audio codec formats MP3, WMA, RAM, OGG are lossy compression. Lossy compression just takes out or losses the information. If you do re-encode the file, the quality of the sound will suck and I do mean it will suck. Use rar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, compress, zip to make it smaller.

All I can say the information on how to encode a sound file to MP3 is in the manual.
 
Old 07-09-2005, 12:59 AM   #3
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Maybe I didn't make myself clear here, sorry. I mean that I want to compress my audio to play on a portable MP3 player, and don't worry about the quality losses.
 
Old 07-09-2005, 02:37 AM   #4
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Have you looked at lame? If I remember right, newer versions take mp3 files as input, so that you will have a simple conversion of the files. I guess the mp3 tags will not be present in the new files ...
 
Old 07-09-2005, 03:12 AM   #5
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This should convert your 128 or any bitrate for that matter to 32, greatly reducing file size.

lame -b 32 -h sample_128.mp3 sample_32.mp3

note: be sure to change the output file name or it will overight the original...

KC
 
Old 07-09-2005, 05:47 PM   #6
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Thanks alot, it did the job. But now I have 2 other problems that need taking care of:

How about for massive encoding? ie, I just had to command |lame -b 64 -h /song/ /song/| about 30 times for 30 songs! Can I just use a single command for them, or am I stuck with 1-1 commands?

Also, I need an .mp4 encoder for video. Help, anyone? Instructions would also be appreciated.
 
Old 07-09-2005, 06:37 PM   #7
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I use this script file to convert multiple .wav captured audio streams to .mp3 format. It should work form mp3 to mp3 as well, but have not tried it.

./mlame -r -o "-v -V 0 -b 112" *.wav *.mp3

Here is the "mlame" script.

#!/bin/bash
#!/usr/local/bin/bash
############################################################################
#
# Run the LAME encoder on multiple files, with option to delete .wav files
# after encoding. "mlame -h" will give instructions.
#
# Robert Hegemann <Robert.Hegemann@gmx.de>
#
############################################################################

mp3coder="lame"
options="-h -d -m j -b 128"
rmsrc=false

helptext="\
\nThis script runs the LAME mp3 encoder on multiple files: \n\n\
$0 [options] <file 1> ... <file n>\n\
\n\
options:\n\
-h this help text\n\
-r remove files after encoding\n\
-o \"<lame options>\" overrides script default options \"${options}\"\n\
\n\
example:\n\
$0 -r -o \"-v -V 0 -b 112\" a*.wav z*.aif\n\
\n\
"

# process command-line options
# this could be extended to fake the
# commandline interface of the mp3encoder

while getopts ":r" optn; do
case $optn in
o ) options=$OPTARG # replace default options
;;
r ) rmsrc=true
;;
\? ) printf "$helptext"
exit 1
;;
esac
done
shift $(($OPTIND - 1))

# process input-files

for filename in "$@"; do
case $filename in
*[*?]* ) # means shell couldnīt extend *.wav, etc.
echo "warning: no $filename file(s) found"
;;
*[.][wW][aA][vV] )
name=${filename%[.][wW][aA][vV]}
if $mp3coder $options "$filename" "${name}.mp3"
then
if [ $rmsrc = true ]; then
rm -f "$filename"
fi
fi
;;
*[.][aA][iI][fF] )
name=${filename%[.][aA][iI][fF]}
if $mp3coder $options "$filename" "${name}.mp3"
then
if [ $rmsrc = true ]; then
rm -f "$filename"
fi
fi
;;
* )
if $mp3coder $options "$filename" "${filename}.mp3"
then
if [ $rmsrc = true ]; then
rm -f "$filename"
fi
fi
;;
esac
done

KC
 
Old 06-25-2006, 10:14 AM   #8
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kencaz
I use this script file to convert multiple .wav captured audio streams to .mp3 format. It should work form mp3 to mp3 as well, but have not tried it.

./mlame -r -o "-v -V 0 -b 112" *.wav *.mp3

Here is the "mlame" script.
You didn't turn off smilies, which caused me no end of confusion when this didn't work

Here's the code sans smiley:

Code:
#!/bin/bash 
#!/usr/local/bin/bash
############################################################################
#   
#  Run the LAME encoder on multiple files, with option to delete .wav files
#  after encoding.  "mlame -h" will give instructions.
#
#  Robert Hegemann <Robert.Hegemann@gmx.de>
#
############################################################################

mp3coder="lame"
options="-h -d -m j -b 128"
rmsrc=false

helptext="\
\nThis script runs the LAME mp3 encoder on multiple files: \n\n\
$0 [options] <file 1> ... <file n>\n\
\n\
  options:\n\
    -h                  this help text\n\
    -r                  remove files after encoding\n\
    -o \"<lame options>\" overrides script default options \"${options}\"\n\
\n\
  example:\n\
    $0 -r -o \"-v -V 0 -b 112\" a*.wav z*.aif\n\
    \n\
"

#   process command-line options
#   this could be extended to fake the 
#   commandline interface of the mp3encoder

while getopts ":o:r" optn; do
    case $optn in
    o ) options=$OPTARG # replace default options
        ;; 
    r ) rmsrc=true
        ;;
    \? ) printf "$helptext"
        exit 1  
        ;;
    esac
done
shift $(($OPTIND - 1))

#   process input-files

for filename in "$@"; do
    case $filename in
    *[*?]*  )   # means shell couldnīt extend *.wav, etc.
        echo "warning: no $filename file(s) found"
        ;;
    *[.][wW][aA][vV]  )
        name=${filename%[.][wW][aA][vV]}
        if $mp3coder $options "$filename" "${name}.mp3" 
        then
            if [ $rmsrc = true ]; then
                rm -f "$filename"
            fi
        fi
        ;;
    *[.][aA][iI][fF]  )
        name=${filename%[.][aA][iI][fF]}
        if $mp3coder $options "$filename" "${name}.mp3" 
        then
            if [ $rmsrc = true ]; then
                rm -f "$filename"
            fi
        fi
        ;;
    *   )
        if $mp3coder $options "$filename" "${filename}.mp3" 
        then
            if [ $rmsrc = true ]; then
                rm -f "$filename"
            fi
        fi
        ;;
    esac
done
 
  


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