Re: MP3 Decoding

["Dan Lund" <danlund @ earthling . net>]

Hmm.. mpg123 I never messed with.  I will give that a shot!
I thought that was just an mp3 player, but wow:)

Thanks!

--
Dan Lund

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Griskey <mark@linuxharddware.net>
To: Brian Leeper <qaz@doubled.com>; Dan Lund <nlund@erols.com>
Cc: <ma-linux@tux.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: MP3 Decoding


> Which version of mpg123 are you using?  The version I hve ( .59r ) allows
for
> decompression to wav's with the -w switch.  Then you can use cdrdao if you
want
> to burn a cd DAO, however, there is substantial sound quality loss doing
this.
> I recommend shorten, its a lossless compression, larger files to deal
with, but
> much better if wanting to share music over the net.
>
> -Mark
>
>
> On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Brian Leeper wrote:
> > > Can anyone recommend one for the Linux platform?  (mp3 -> wav)
> >
> > I use mpg123 -- it can't decode to WAV format, but it will decode to
> > RAW/CDDA format which you should be able to convert to WAV format.
> >
> > Converting to WAV format should be just as easy as sticking the correct
> > header in front of the RAW/CDDA format file. Some experimentation with
> > tail/head might work--you could probably take the WAV header from a WAV
> > file of the exact same format (sampling rate, etc) and put it in front
of
> > your RAW/CDDA format file.
> >
> > Brian
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> Mark Griskey
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