Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 02:09:35 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LAME Package Question Message-ID: <20161030020935.9536133b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAOgwaMtUMaeTLjWxdPzxZwZwJGY8iur5ZOFd6qUaFvk5Q=2N9w@mail.gmail.com> References: <20161028213914.0876d1cf@KoggyBSD.org> <20161029053035.7801824a.freebsd@edvax.de> <86eg2zszef.fsf@gmail.com> <CAOgwaMtUMaeTLjWxdPzxZwZwJGY8iur5ZOFd6qUaFvk5Q=2N9w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 16:46:24 -0700, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Brandon J. Wandersee < > brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Polytropon writes: > > > > > There might be alternatives: "toolame" and "twolame" are present > > > in the ports collection. They probably have packages available. > > > Maybe you can use one of them to replace "lame"? > > > > Those are both MP2 encoders, while LAME is an MP3 encoder. > > > [...] > I can not say anything about why MP3 is needed , but considering the > following page may deduce that there are free and usable licensed > alternatives ( some intermediary steps may be used : for example : Convert > MP3 to WAV , Play WAV ) ( Please consider other links in that page ) : > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio > ( Comparison of free software for audio ) The "lame" _encoder_ is utilized by many other programs. Its absence might cause problems for example for the following construct: youtube-dl -> ffmpeg -> lame. So if there is a way to switch from "lame" to a different encoder which can be installed via "pkg install", the installing & updating problem could be solved. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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