From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Oct 30 02:13:35 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D26BC2547F for ; Sun, 30 Oct 2016 02:13:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-f46.google.com (mail-it0-f46.google.com [209.85.214.46]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7292710B for ; Sun, 30 Oct 2016 02:13:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-f46.google.com with SMTP id e187so31695508itc.0 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:13:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=faPTV5E+uaoD7TQIp7EsnsgPzHqpjH7TZPLllvfWtjk=; b=KUtok0NV4Pm8zUK/rFGHCVhSCDDLJAhYeGUnFw4MuRKwSOXd+4qzhIKswGRIfNko2d 0IiS8MDbJeN2UD7bkOhIlzHLqke3pqSubL4uK7/70v2kyMgbUbr5RO8wVDNsB4dlLgVt C7CSIEkGGA0Qcwp1SuPCgLKhYQeyW+G1M4AHMIxNnv2OG6KXTYsr60UIXhbMGKpQQxeZ ImePElDId5dmKLR9UMYWHCr2bHjT+w6omfdQKXdxVfVWDhQoqP5Wkczbls2eySMWir4v AznPZRmZOFmxVhyc/EVWERYf0Qv/fvjE0r8KzX78h3edTsVeeEVG7I6y3aYQ6JVdVD26 jCxA== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngvf4PKkQZ7E+82fWkta1Rin2MtUc394CmsAj8lCXh6N/thyH9nXAOxDKf0yzBqeZRg== X-Received: by 10.36.1.79 with SMTP id 76mr4364956itk.123.1477787297220; Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:28:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox (174-30-233-74.mpls.qwest.net. [174.30.233.74]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o21sm5873822itb.6.2016.10.29.17.28.15 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:28:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (WorkBox [local]) by WorkBox (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id 186a2873; Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:28:14 -0500 (CDT) References: <20161028213914.0876d1cf@KoggyBSD.org> <20161029053035.7801824a.freebsd@edvax.de> <86eg2zszef.fsf@gmail.com> <20161030020935.9536133b.freebsd@edvax.de> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 25.1.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Polytropon Cc: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LAME Package Question In-reply-to: <20161030020935.9536133b.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:28:14 -0500 Message-ID: <86r36yof35.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 02:13:35 -0000 Polytropon writes: > 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. Also, LAME is itself open-source and is widely considered *the* standard MP3 audio encoder, while MP3 is widely considered *the* standard digital audio format. Yes, there are other audio formats, but whether those other formats are in fact feasible alternatives for the OP is a different question to which we can't assume an answer. As a side note, transcoding MP3 to WAV---or any other lossy format to any other loss-less format---isn't really a good idea. -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------