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From: "Simon Rutishauser" <simon.rutishauser@gmx.ch>
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Subject: Re: wav to mp3?
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Am Sun, 05 Oct 2003 17:12:07 +0200 schrieb Erik Trulsson:

> On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 10:37:37AM -0400, T Kellers wrote:
>> I did a make search in the ports collection and didn't see what (I
>> think) I need, so I'll ask here.
>> 
>> Is there a utility (or utilities) in ports for converting .wav files to
>> mp3?
> 
> That is essentially what an MP3 encoder does, and there are plenty of
> those in the ports collection.
> Personally I like audio/bladeenc, but audio/lame is also nice and has more
> features and options.

Lame is (I have not tested this, but this seems to be the common opinion)
faster and produces better quality than bladeenc.

You should also look at oggenc (which does not produce mp3s but OGG files)

Peschmä