Hi, I have a bunch of audio files with extension aac. I want to use them on the car, so I'm trying to convert to mp3. I'm using soundconverter, which seems easy to do - but the results are not what I expect (output trimmed to avoid wrap: 812618 0001 -- Eartha Kitt - Je Cherche un Homme.aac 2737704 0001 -- Eartha Kitt - Je Cherche un Homme.mp3 493130 0002 -- Laura Fygi - Quelqu'un m'aimera.aac 2229610 0002 -- Laura Fygi - Quelqu'un m'aimera.mp3 1156682 0003 -- Coralie Clement - Samba de Mon CSur qui Bat.aac 5229555 0003 -- Coralie Clement - Samba de Mon CSur qui Bat.mp3 As you can see, the resulting mp3 files are way bigger than the originals. What can I do? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 06/08/2019 13:13, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Hi,
I have a bunch of audio files with extension aac. I want to use them on the car, so I'm trying to convert to mp3.
I'm using soundconverter, which seems easy to do - but the results are not what I expect (output trimmed to avoid wrap:
812618 0001 -- Eartha Kitt - Je Cherche un Homme.aac 2737704 0001 -- Eartha Kitt - Je Cherche un Homme.mp3 493130 0002 -- Laura Fygi - Quelqu'un m'aimera.aac 2229610 0002 -- Laura Fygi - Quelqu'un m'aimera.mp3 1156682 0003 -- Coralie Clement - Samba de Mon CSur qui Bat.aac 5229555 0003 -- Coralie Clement - Samba de Mon CSur qui Bat.mp3
As you can see, the resulting mp3 files are way bigger than the originals. What can I do?
This is what you can expect if you don't want a drop in quality. Aac and avc alias hevc alias x265 are modern highly efficient codecs. I've never used soundconverter but maybe you can tweak the mp3 bitrate and lose a bit of high frequency with a lower bitrate. Regards Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 06/08/2019 13.26, Dave Plater wrote:
On 06/08/2019 13:13, Carlos E. R. wrote:
As you can see, the resulting mp3 files are way bigger than the originals. What can I do?
This is what you can expect if you don't want a drop in quality. Aac and avc alias hevc alias x265 are modern highly efficient codecs. I've never used soundconverter but maybe you can tweak the mp3 bitrate and lose a bit of high frequency with a lower bitrate.
Even with "normal" quality setting, the files are two or three times bigger. I'm not familiar with aac at all. Heck, I must make sure that the car does not support aac, maybe it does! -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 06/08/2019 13.33, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 06/08/2019 13.26, Dave Plater wrote:
On 06/08/2019 13:13, Carlos E. R. wrote:
As you can see, the resulting mp3 files are way bigger than the originals. What can I do?
This is what you can expect if you don't want a drop in quality. Aac and avc alias hevc alias x265 are modern highly efficient codecs. I've never used soundconverter but maybe you can tweak the mp3 bitrate and lose a bit of high frequency with a lower bitrate.
Even with "normal" quality setting, the files are two or three times bigger. I'm not familiar with aac at all.
Heck, I must make sure that the car does not support aac, maybe it does!
It turns out it does, to my big surprise. So I do not need converting them. Thanks! :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Le 06/08/2019 à 13:13, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
As you can see, the resulting mp3 files are way bigger than the originals. What can I do?
I have three converters scripts, but not used recently. Works the same whatever can be the source jdd #!/bin/bash # echo usage: movtodvd.sh *.MOV for a ; do b=`echo "$a" | cut -d'.' -f1` ; ffmpeg -i $a -ar 44100 -ab 192k $b.mp3 ; done exit #!/bin/sh #for i in "$1" ; do # echo "$i" ; # ; ffmpeg -i "$i" "$i".mp3 #done for i ; do echo $i ffmpeg -i "$i" "$i.mp3" done #!/bin/sh for i in *.wav do NAME=`basename "$i" .wav` lame -h -v "$i" "$NAME.mp3" done -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Hi,
I have a bunch of audio files with extension aac. I want to use them on the car, so I'm trying to convert to mp3.
I'm using soundconverter, which seems easy to do - but the results are not what I expect (output trimmed to avoid wrap:
812618 0001 -- Eartha Kitt - Je Cherche un Homme.aac 2737704 0001 -- Eartha Kitt - Je Cherche un Homme.mp3 493130 0002 -- Laura Fygi - Quelqu'un m'aimera.aac 2229610 0002 -- Laura Fygi - Quelqu'un m'aimera.mp3 1156682 0003 -- Coralie Clement - Samba de Mon CSur qui Bat.aac 5229555 0003 -- Coralie Clement - Samba de Mon CSur qui Bat.mp3
As you can see, the resulting mp3 files are way bigger than the originals. What can I do?
My MP3s come in those sizes too. From about 5Mb and up. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (22.6°C) http://www.cloudsuisse.com/ - your owncloud, hosted in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 06/08/2019 14.16, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Hi,
I have a bunch of audio files with extension aac. I want to use them on the car, so I'm trying to convert to mp3.
I'm using soundconverter, which seems easy to do - but the results are not what I expect (output trimmed to avoid wrap:
812618 0001 -- Eartha Kitt - Je Cherche un Homme.aac 2737704 0001 -- Eartha Kitt - Je Cherche un Homme.mp3 493130 0002 -- Laura Fygi - Quelqu'un m'aimera.aac 2229610 0002 -- Laura Fygi - Quelqu'un m'aimera.mp3 1156682 0003 -- Coralie Clement - Samba de Mon CSur qui Bat.aac 5229555 0003 -- Coralie Clement - Samba de Mon CSur qui Bat.mp3
As you can see, the resulting mp3 files are way bigger than the originals. What can I do?
My MP3s come in those sizes too. From about 5Mb and up.
That's not the issue. The issue is that an aac file, when converted to mp3, is 5 times bigger. My assumption was that aac was a less advanced and rare format, or akin to WAV, so I was converting them to mp3 for use on the car. It turns out the reverse, that it is more advanced. I still have to try some aac on the car. If the car supports them, fine; if not, I have to go back to converting to mp3, but finding something or some setting that yields a similar size. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 06/08/2019 14.16, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Hi,
I have a bunch of audio files with extension aac. I want to use them on the car, so I'm trying to convert to mp3.
I'm using soundconverter, which seems easy to do - but the results are not what I expect (output trimmed to avoid wrap:
812618 0001 -- Eartha Kitt - Je Cherche un Homme.aac 2737704 0001 -- Eartha Kitt - Je Cherche un Homme.mp3 493130 0002 -- Laura Fygi - Quelqu'un m'aimera.aac 2229610 0002 -- Laura Fygi - Quelqu'un m'aimera.mp3 1156682 0003 -- Coralie Clement - Samba de Mon CSur qui Bat.aac 5229555 0003 -- Coralie Clement - Samba de Mon CSur qui Bat.mp3
As you can see, the resulting mp3 files are way bigger than the originals. What can I do?
My MP3s come in those sizes too. From about 5Mb and up.
That's not the issue. The issue is that an aac file, when converted to mp3, is 5 times bigger.
Yeah I saw that, but if the size is not the issue? I think I have a 32Gb stick in the car, it's not even half full. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (21.8°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 06/08/2019 14.28, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
My MP3s come in those sizes too. From about 5Mb and up.
That's not the issue. The issue is that an aac file, when converted to mp3, is 5 times bigger.
Yeah I saw that, but if the size is not the issue? I think I have a 32Gb stick in the car, it's not even half full.
I don't have enough with my new 64 GB stick :-p -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Le 06/08/2019 à 15:56, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
I don't have enough with my new 64 GB stick :-p
my 32Gb micro sd card allowed me 3 weeks vacations without listening twice the same song :-) around 6000 files, 18000 minutes, 300 h jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 06/08/2019 16.04, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 06/08/2019 à 15:56, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
I don't have enough with my new 64 GB stick :-p
my 32Gb micro sd card allowed me 3 weeks vacations without listening twice the same song :-)
around 6000 files, 18000 minutes, 300 h
I see about 19926 files of "car music" in a quick count. Some duplicated 2 thousand or so, while I do some processing. More, if I count another computer :) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Le 06/08/2019 à 16:17, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
On 06/08/2019 16.04, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 06/08/2019 à 15:56, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
I don't have enough with my new 64 GB stick :-p
my 32Gb micro sd card allowed me 3 weeks vacations without listening twice the same song :-)
around 6000 files, 18000 minutes, 300 h
I see about 19926 files of "car music" in a quick count. Some duplicated 2 thousand or so, while I do some processing. More, if I count another computer :)
yes, it's nearly the same for me at beginning, but I removed some that I didn't like to hear too much. Do you spend so much time in car? when driving I can't choose a play, so I use the random facilty of my mp3 reader :-) jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 06/08/2019 16.39, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 06/08/2019 à 16:17, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
On 06/08/2019 16.04, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 06/08/2019 à 15:56, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
I don't have enough with my new 64 GB stick :-p
my 32Gb micro sd card allowed me 3 weeks vacations without listening twice the same song :-)
around 6000 files, 18000 minutes, 300 h
I see about 19926 files of "car music" in a quick count. Some duplicated 2 thousand or so, while I do some processing. More, if I count another computer :)
yes, it's nearly the same for me at beginning, but I removed some that I didn't like to hear too much.
Oh, but I will not know till I listen to them. If I don't like some, I just push the button to seek to the next one.
Do you spend so much time in car?
Oh, I'm just joining several collections in one stick, instead of three :-) I usually prefer the radio, but sometimes there is nothing interesting. But then the same stick remains in the car for a decade :-p
when driving I can't choose a play, so I use the random facilty of my mp3 reader :-)
Sure, same thing. Actually, I use my own .m3u in an appropriate order and the player seems to pick it. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Le 06/08/2019 à 16:54, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
I usually prefer the radio, but sometimes there is nothing interesting.
yes or you are in a country you don't speak the language :-) :-) work in progress http://www.dodin.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Balades.Espagne2019 jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 06/08/2019 18.38, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 06/08/2019 à 16:54, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
I usually prefer the radio, but sometimes there is nothing interesting.
yes or you are in a country you don't speak the language :-)
Certainly! Well, sometimes I select a local station that broadcasts in English, mostly for expats. Sometimes it connects to the BBC. I think there are French stations, possibly from Morocco. On long wave I think there is some from France or Belgium - but I can not understand what they say, I just can read French with difficulties.
:-)
work in progress
:-D Curious route from France! Sacedón is not on the main road, but the views are nicer. No photos of La Alhambra? I still have not gone there. One day... Ah, you missed Lanjarón, Orjiva, Capileira, Trévelez... But instead Cadiar. I have not been there. To the north of Gergal and Desierto de Tabernes sits in a mountain-top-plain the Calar Alto Spanish-German Astronomy Observatory. I go there sometimes. Besides Decathlon, Granada has a Carrefour ;-) Did your wife touch this plant? <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortie> The last four pages ask for password. You have visited places I haven't :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Le 06/08/2019 à 21:04, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
No photos of La Alhambra? I still have not gone there. One day...
probably not authorized :-(
Did your wife touch this plant? <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortie>
no, this one we have in our garden also :-)
The last four pages ask for password.
not yet written :-) (question mark at the end) :-) jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 8/6/19 11:01 PM, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Did your wife touch this plant? <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortie>
- stinging-nettle Tea : an excellent Diuretic .... regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 06/08/2019 22.01, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 06/08/2019 à 21:04, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
No photos of La Alhambra? I still have not gone there. One day...
probably not authorized :-(
Gosh :-(
Did your wife touch this plant? <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortie>
no, this one we have in our garden also :-)
Bitten by "mosca negra" or "mosquito tigre", perhaps. But the doctors would detect that. Spanish article, you can use google translate on it: <https://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/2019/07/02/5d1b460c21efa0055b8b4602.html> There are too many of those invaders :-( Mostly in what here is called "Levante", ie, the east coast, down to Cabo de Palos perhaps. «Commonly referred to as black fly stings, although they are more similar to bites. The bite produces significant inflammation as well as itching or pain in the affected area. It is characterized by a central bleeding point with local inflammation. This is an injury that is usually cured within a week.» «The tiger mosquito usually bites several times in a row, almost always on the legs. They are painful and persist much longer than normal mosquitoes. They last several days and are accompanied by itching. Also, unlike the common mosquito, its bite is able to pass through clothing.» -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Le 07/08/2019 à 11:38, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
Bitten by "mosca negra" or "mosquito tigre", perhaps. But the doctors would detect that.
Spanish article, you can use google translate on it: <https://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/2019/07/02/5d1b460c21efa0055b8b4602.html>
There are too many of those invaders :-(
yes, we have them also in Toulouse :-(
«The tiger mosquito usually bites several times in a row, almost always on the legs.
wrong. Many time on a row along a vein, like very much arms also :-( small bump, if you don't touch them, end rapidly the tiger mosquito is very easy to recognize, pretty slow, tiger stripes very visible jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 07/08/2019 11.54, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 07/08/2019 à 11:38, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
Bitten by "mosca negra" or "mosquito tigre", perhaps. But the doctors would detect that.
Spanish article, you can use google translate on it: <https://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/2019/07/02/5d1b460c21efa0055b8b4602.html>
There are too many of those invaders :-(
yes, we have them also in Toulouse :-(
«The tiger mosquito usually bites several times in a row, almost always on the legs.
wrong. Many time on a row along a vein, like very much arms also :-(
Ah, along a vein. Why they are not filled up with a single bite I don't understand.
small bump, if you don't touch them, end rapidly
Ah, but scratching is instinctive.
the tiger mosquito is very easy to recognize, pretty slow, tiger stripes very visible
And they like to ride inside cars. That's how they spread :-( I tried to find some small insecticide bottle to carry on the car, but failed. They are compress gas and asy "do not spray on or near people, etc" and "exit the room". Too difficult in a car. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Le 07/08/2019 à 12:47, Carlos E.R. a écrit :
And they like to ride inside cars. That's how they spread :-(
they need some water bowl to live. In my neighborhood, nearly every body now close every one (including raindrops aeration) and mosquitoes are nearly gone (I see one from time to time when two years ago there were millions :-() I sometime wonder if they can't live in car bumpers or so. When a car is outside and do not move for weeks, they may stay some invisible water spot moving the car around the house is enough to dry them may be but if tigers are gone, they are replaced by extremely small and so invisible flies that bite very fast and very hard. One go out, do not see anything and when going in was bitten all over. Worst than mosquitoes :-( jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 8/7/19 1:47 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
tried to find some small insecticide bottle to carry on the car, but failed
- a small spray bottle filled with methylated spirit can be handy .... regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 07/08/2019 12.59, ellanios82 wrote:
On 8/7/19 1:47 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
tried to find some small insecticide bottle to carry on the car, but failed
- a small spray bottle filled with methylated spirit can be handy
Sure. Till an officer chances to stop you :-p Oh, methyl, not ethyl. Hard to find here nowdays... -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 8/7/19 2:06 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 07/08/2019 12.59, ellanios82 wrote:
On 8/7/19 1:47 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
tried to find some small insecticide bottle to carry on the car, but failed
- a small spray bottle filled with methylated spirit can be handy Sure. Till an officer chances to stop you :-p
Oh, methyl, not ethyl. Hard to find here nowdays...
- easy to find in all greek super-markets : sold as Blue Spirit or Green Spirit : much used for household cleaning .... regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 07/08/2019 13.11, ellanios82 wrote:
On 8/7/19 2:06 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 07/08/2019 12.59, ellanios82 wrote:
On 8/7/19 1:47 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
tried to find some small insecticide bottle to carry on the car, but failed
- a small spray bottle filled with methylated spirit can be handy Sure. Till an officer chances to stop you :-p
Oh, methyl, not ethyl. Hard to find here nowdays...
- easy to find in all greek super-markets : sold as Blue Spirit or Green Spirit : much used for household cleaning
Ah, yes, mixed with water and other substances. Ok, I can find that one easily. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 06/08/2019 16.17, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 06/08/2019 16.04, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 06/08/2019 à 15:56, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
I don't have enough with my new 64 GB stick :-p
my 32Gb micro sd card allowed me 3 weeks vacations without listening twice the same song :-)
around 6000 files, 18000 minutes, 300 h
I see about 19926 files of "car music" in a quick count. Some duplicated 2 thousand or so, while I do some processing. More, if I count another computer :)
I filled only half of the USB stick. The car complains of too many to index and stops after 3 directories :-/ I have to find my notes about how to create index files. Another problem is that some tittles have been written to FAT using UTF- - I have to undo that. Maybe wrong mount options. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Le 06/08/2019 à 14:25, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
My assumption was that aac was a less advanced and rare format, or akin to WAV, so I was converting them to mp3 for use on the car. It turns out the reverse, that it is more advanced.
not sure use mediainfo to know what parameters are used by your aac jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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