javaguy Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Like the title says. Here's what I try: lame rec01.wav rec01.mp3 Seems pretty simple to me. I can do it in audacity, but when I try to lame it from the command line I get a file with nothing but hideous screeching static. :o Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks! Sam [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 There is quite an extensive 'man' for lame, have you had a look at it? Folks do tend to forget there is a lot of these pages an sometimes they will answer a lot of questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Take a look at mencoder while going through the 'man' pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 You have not defined any bitrate! Try again something like lame -V3 input.wav output.mp3 ... or whatever bitrate you wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted August 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 (edited) Yes, I've been through the man page. Bitrate looks optional. I did try adding a few different options, like lame -h rec.wav rec.mp3 and now get an error that says Warning: corrupt or unsupported WAVE format Assuming raw pcm input file I can play the .wav file though. Follow-up: I just did an experiment creating a .wav with text2wave and converting it with lame (no options), and it worked. Apparently some .wav files work, and some don't. Edited August 11, 2007 by javaguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 This will not improve the sound quality of some of the .wav files that you are having problems with, however I believe you will like how easy it is to use. urpmi audiokonverter Then you simply right-click on the .wav > actions > convert to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted August 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 (edited) I'm not having problems with the .wav files per se. They sound great. I'm having trouble converting them. Right-clicking and selecting action-convert did give me an mp3 file, but it too is just screeching static. Is there something about this particular .wav file (I recorded it using a standalone mp3 player, btw) that makes it hard to convert? edit: I uploaded one to http://media-convert.com/, and whatever they use was able to convert it to a good mp3. That's kinda a hassle though. Edited August 11, 2007 by javaguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 (edited) Are your wav files regular 44.1Khz/16bit ones? Also - WMP11 (yeah... that great windoze application...) rips/converts to proprietary wav files which use tags in nonstandard wav headers- while a pure wav is raw pcm, as Lame wisely (?) assumed above. Are you sure your wav's arent of the tagged kind? Edited August 11, 2007 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted August 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Well these files are untouched by anything even remotely related to Windoze, but I don't know anything about the internal workings of my mp3 player except that it spits out a playable .wav file. How can I tell if they're the tagged kind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 If you open the file with a hex editor, say "khexedit", you will read the tag info in plain text at the file header (located at the very start of the file). Else, if they are raw pcm files, you will read just a rather random sequence of 1's and 0's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted August 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 00000000 52 49 46 46 00 DA 01 00 57 41 56 45 66 6D 74 20 RIFF....WAVEfmt 00000010 14 00 00 00 11 00 01 00 40 1F 00 00 A0 0F 00 00 ........@....... 00000020 00 02 04 00 02 00 F9 03 66 61 63 74 04 00 00 00 ........fact.... 00000030 DB BA 09 00 4C 49 53 54 BC 01 00 00 49 4E 46 4F ....LIST....INFO 00000040 49 53 46 54 0A 00 00 00 41 43 54 49 4F 4E 53 00 ISFT....ACTIONS. 00000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00000070 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexicon Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 (edited) lame rec01.wav rec01.mp3 Correctly. I tested and Audacity load this file. Sound is crystality. Recomended lame -V2 rec01.wav rec01.mp3 ....Lex Edited August 21, 2007 by Lexicon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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