[SOLVED] Trouble with lame: unsupported audio format

djeikyb · 11-10-2008, 03:23 PM

I'm trying to convert some flac files to mp3. Normally I rip a cd to wav, convert to flac, and if its something I want on my ipod, use lame to transcode a copy. This last bit is failing after upgrading from hardy to intrepid. I checked synaptic, and made sure the libmp3lame0 package was installed. I also tried transcoding some flacs I'd done already, without success.

Code:

$ lame 01-track.flac 01-track.mp3
Warning: unsupported audio format

Any ideas what might be wrong?

rjwilmsi · 11-10-2008, 05:12 PM

Well surely you have to convert the FLAC back into a wav file before lame can transcode it, using flac -d?

djeikyb · 11-12-2008, 11:09 PM

Hmm. Definitely don't remember having to do that. Most of my flac conversions have been done with a gui like Foobar2000. I guess all have, since you appear to be right. Anyhow, I found a nifty cli one-liner that converts flac to mp3. Much cleaner than what I was trying with xargs.

Code:

for file in *.flac; do $(flac -cd "$file" | lame -h - "${file%.flac}.mp3"); done

http://www.linuxtutorialblog.com/pos...ng-flac-to-mp3