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change .wav to another format

Hi, I have a CD full of .wav files to go with a 'Learn German' book. I want to put them on my laptop. I think it is better to change the format to .ogg or .mp3, one that is less memory consuming I believe.

Can you please tell me how to do this?

Search the web for information about "liux cd ripping software". You will find many; one or more are available in the Ubuntu repository.

To rip the cd, set up the ripper for the type of file on the cd (in your case, .wav) and for the type of file to save to disk (.ogg or .mp3), then start the rip.

I was thinking more of a command line entry, you know, like:

wav2ogg /german/*.wav /german/ogg/

I'm sure there is such a program, but I can't remember the exact name!

Have you tried searching the internet for "linux command line audio cd ripper"?

Nope, sorry! When I have Linux questions, I generally come here first. The people here know a lot about Linux!

http://linux.die.net/man/1/lame
http://linux.die.net/man/1/ffmpeg

Code:

lame (options here) input.wav output.mp3

Code:

ffmpeg -i input.wav -vn -acodec libmp3lame -b:a 192k output.mp3

That's what I meant. Thanks. If I can use the command line, I feel like I know something about computers! (I don't of course!)

Mencoder will also do audio only encoding. Something that alluded me for a while.
Notice that the input file is given twice, after -audiofile and after -rawvideo

Code:

mencoder -audiofile /path/to/input.wav -demuxer rawvideo -rawvideo w=1:h=1 /path/to/input.wav -ovc copy -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=192 -of rawaudio -o output.mp3

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pedroski (Post 4775930)

That's what I meant. Thanks. If I can use the command line, I feel like I know something about computers! (I don't of course!)

LOL. I'd suggest avoiding command line rippers. They dont make life any eaiser, and if you dont actually know about the codecs and bitrates they can make things more complicated.

A nice GUI CD ripper is easy to get, lets you select the output codec (eg ogg vorbis) and bitrate (bigger the bitrate, the better the quality).

Quote:

Originally Posted by cascade9 (Post 4781526)

A GUI ripper / encoder is probably a front end to some command line tool. So what's the harm in taking out the middleman and doing the thing yourself? You'll even get to learn a little something in the process.

Generally, every program comes with sane defaults, so doing

Code:

lame file.wav

would be enough for most situations.

Adding a bitrate is as simple as

Code:

lame -b 256 file.wav

Where lies the difficultiness ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJ Shaji (Post 4781562)

Yeah, they are front-ends for command line tools. BTW, at least one of the GUIs has features that (AFAIK) you cant get with the command line version. Rubyripper, its a front-end for cdparanoia, but has is own secure ripping algorithm. ;)

How is copying a command without knowing anything much about what is happening going to help learning anything?

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJ Shaji (Post 4781562)

Adding a bitrate is as simple as

Code:

lame -b 256 file.wav

Where lies the difficultiness ?

Yeah, thats all well and good if you want a LAME MP3 'the defaults are fine' or 256k CBR file.

If you want ogg vorbis? Go find another command. Want flac? Go find another command. Want to have the output files in a different place to the input? Go find another command.

Using the command line if great, IF you know what you are doing, and remember all the commands.

For people that dont know what they are doing, or have an idea of what they are doing but arent sure about all the options available, GUIs can have an advantage.