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From: torstenb@ramsey.tb.9715.org (Torsten Blum)
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Subject: Re: MPEG Layer 3 (.mp3) audio files
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In ramsey.lists.freebsd.chat you write:

>>     What are people using to encode .mp3 audio files on FreeBSD?  I've
>> got tosha, a collection of MPEG encoding utilities and mpg123 for
>> playback, but I'm having problems with both creation and playback.  :(

>I'm using mpeg_musicin and musicout, part of the mpegaudio utilities
>in ports.

the mpegaudio utils do not support layer3. It seems that there is no free
mp3 encoder - only commercial software ;-(

*sigh*

 -tb