lame wav2mp3 encoding help

Cinematography · 11-06-2005, 12:05 PM

I have a directory of wav files that I would like to encode into mp3s, and this command doesn't seem to work:

lame -V3 *.wav *.mp3

Does anyone know what the problem could be? Does lame not support batch processing like oggenc? And if it doesn't, is there another good wav to mp3 encoder I could use?

Brian1 · 11-06-2005, 12:20 PM

You need to use a script like mlame or autolame. Google around for that. There is are many fornt-ends to lame like lamex. Also other apps like grip, ripperx. Just google around and see what you like.

Cinematography · 11-06-2005, 01:38 PM

Gawd. Those scripts look like a pain. And grip only works with CDs. It would probably be better if I just used a Windows program with Wine. I really don't have time for a research project right now. Thank you though for your help.

dracolich · 11-06-2005, 02:17 PM

You could also try it without the extension since lame is designed to convert from wav to mp3. From the directory where the wav files are stored try:

lame -V3 *