jk05308 wrote:
On Tuesday 16 October 2001 17:16, Fred A. Miller wrote:
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'Anyone used a good utility to convert mp3's to wav format?
http://www.mp3-converter.com/linux/index.htm
or
Convert MP3 into WAV
Use the program mpg123, which is part of the SuSE distribution and enter the following:
mpg123 -w song.wav song.mp3
(Notice: outputfile comes first, then the inputfile; for whatever reason...) And: the long command mpg123 -b 10000 -s song.mp3 | sox -t raw -r 44100 -s -w -c 2 - song.wav or the short command the fast4est and easiest way to convert mp3 files to wav files is to force mpg123 to output a wav file. this just takes a couple of seconds:
mpg123 -w file.wav file.mp3
(using mpg123 Version 0.59q)
Now, I am getting angry on mpg123(using 0.59r) and trying for instance mpg123 -w f.wav f.mp3 Now the problems: 1. I get the file converted, it says like done and so. But SECONDS LATER, that f.wav is a ZERO-LENGTH FILE. My assumption is now that I run mp3blaster in background to hear music, this influences mpg123 also. But why the heck=?!!? How can I hear music WITH MP3BLASTER and at the same time convert using (A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TOOL) MPG123 ? 2. How can I convert an entire directory (meaning its files) to wav in one commmand? The man pages I have here (Version 0.59 R) SUCK majorly!!! Not even the -w option is documented. For instance: mpg123 -w *.wav *.mp3 reads all the mp3s in the current dir, but writes to ONE .wav file (all data into ONE). so far i have not found the solution. so tnx and salutes ahead! I am really getting mad at that one. :-) rant mode off for today...