Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 08:59:20 +0000 From: "Frank ." <dimspyder@hotmail.com> To: matthew.graybosch@cshore.com Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org Subject: Re: Burning .wav's or .mp3's to a CD Message-ID: <F1537jtrSByh133tYwl000049ed@hotmail.com>
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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
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