Converting short mp3 file to wav?

peteyperson · 02-14-2009, 12:09 PM

Trying to convert short "you've got email" mp3 to wav file.

Not found a good solution on a search of Google and LinuxQ.

Anyone know of one?

Thanks
Petey

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 02-14-2009, 12:21 PM

I use an app called transKode it converts to and from many formats.

frieza · 02-14-2009, 12:32 PM

mplayer can also do it (in a terminal, type mplayer -ao pcm filename.mp3 should produce a file called audiodump.wav which can then be renamed to whatever you want

BigNate37 · 02-14-2009, 04:27 PM

ffmpeg is a shell-based video converter that comes with some distros.

The simplest way to use it for what you want to do is

Code:

ffmpeg -i inputfile.mp3 outputfile.wav

It will figure out what codec to use based on filenames. You may need to get an MP3 codec for your system first, and I'm afraid I don't remember if/how I had to do that.

frieza · 02-14-2009, 05:50 PM

i think ffmpeg can natively handle mp3s

peteyperson · 02-15-2009, 05:42 AM

Hi,

I added TransKode. It said it lacked a C compiler and the ./configure command stopped working at that point. Not managed to get configure and make commands to work on anything yet, but was giving it a try anyway.

Petey

Quote:

Originally Posted by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}

I use an app called transKode it converts to and from many formats.

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 02-15-2009, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peteyperson

Hi,

I added TransKode. It said it lacked a C compiler and the ./configure command stopped working at that point. Not managed to get configure and make commands to work on anything yet, but was giving it a try anyway.

Petey

You need to add the GCC package.

A short tutorial on Compiling from source code

i92guboj · 02-15-2009, 10:56 AM

lame --decode should suffice. Keep it simple.

peteyperson · 02-16-2009, 02:23 PM

Hi,

Added the GCC package and still have various issues when running ./configure. Figured those out, but now have one I don't know how to resolve:

checking for KDE... configure: error:
in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE headers installed. This will fail.
So, check this please and use another prefix!

Thanks,
Petey

Quote:

Originally Posted by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}

You need to add the GCC package.

A short tutorial on Compiling from source code

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 02-16-2009, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peteyperson

Hi,

Added the GCC package and still have various issues when running ./configure. Figured those out, but now have one I don't know how to resolve:

checking for KDE... configure: error:
in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE headers installed. This will fail.
So, check this please and use another prefix!

Thanks,
Petey

Add the kernel-devel package to your system. When you've finished you should be able to successfully compile most things as, you will already have everything required in place (mostly).

peteyperson · 02-16-2009, 10:14 PM

Nothing by that name coming up from a search on 'Install Software'.

Petey

Quote:

Originally Posted by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}

Add the kernel-devel package to your system. When you've finished you should be able to successfully compile most things as, you will already have everything required in place (mostly).

dopla · 02-17-2009, 03:18 AM

Did you try lame?

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 02-17-2009, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peteyperson

Nothing by that name coming up from a search on 'Install Software'.

Petey

Try kernel-source. Be sure to install the version matching your current running kernel. Check the version via commandline with

Code:

uname -r

peteyperson · 02-18-2009, 10:07 AM

I did try LAME, it outputted a wav file that the email package couldn't read.

Petey

Quote:

Originally Posted by dopla

Did you try lame?

peteyperson · 02-18-2009, 10:10 AM

Now this worked! :-)

And I now can configure and install apps that need that type of installation. As a result I've been able to install two apps I couldn't do before. Thanks very much.

I tried installing the two programs mentioned but both didn't get the right result in the end. A friend just recommended running a Windows app under Wine - which he'd done successfully - to convert to wav file. This worked. Foobar 2000.

So it all worked out quite well in the end.

Cheers
Petey

Quote:

Originally Posted by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}

Try kernel-source. Be sure to install the version matching your current running kernel. Check the version via commandline with

Code:

uname -r