From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 17 1: 0:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f153.pav2.hotmail.com [64.4.37.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5048537B417 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 00:59:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 00:59:20 -0800 Received: from 4.61.39.167 by pv2fd.pav2.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 08:59:20 GMT X-Originating-IP: [4.61.39.167] From: "Frank ." To: matthew.graybosch@cshore.com Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org Subject: Re: Burning .wav's or .mp3's to a CD Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 08:59:20 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Mar 2002 08:59:20.0114 (UTC) FILETIME=[06814920:01C1CD92] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks man, great help!! It's very much appriciated. Will take a look at all you suggested and see what I can come up with. -Frank >To begin, fire up your browser and go to >http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html to learn about Ogg Vorbis. The >site has a FAQ at http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/faq.html > >Basically, Ogg Vorbis is a patent-free scheme for compressing audio >files in a manner similar to MP3. Sound quality appears to be slightly >better for European Heavy Metal tracks at the same bitrate. Change to >root, type "cd /usr/ports/audio/vorbis-tools", and belt out a "make >install clean". If you're using csh or tcsh I suggest using "make >install clean && rehash" instead. > >Converting .wav to .ogg is easy. You just need the Ogg Vorbis encoder, >[oggenc]. Once you have it installed, just read "man oggenc". If you >wanted to convert from MP3 to Vorbis, you'd have to get a wavefile first >and convert the wavefile to Vorbis. If you do this, you should expect a >degradation in sound quality -- just rip the CD instead. > >As for recording wavefiles to a CD -- I've never used or needed sox. The >[burncd] tool allows the writing of wavefiles to CD-R(W) media without >the use of sox. Read the man page and make a coaster or two to get the >hang of it. [burncd] is for IDE/ATAPI CD-R(W) drives, BTW. If you've got >a SCSI burner then read the man page for [cdrecord] instead. > >-- >Matthew Graybosch >http://www.starbreaker.net >"Have compiler, will travel." _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message