ot: wav to mp3 linux tool?

[Karen Lewellen]

The question and the subject were worded correctly.
I required an mp3 file.
Karen

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Michael Whapples wrote:

> If the original question was more about wav to compressed audio, I would say
> use ogg (vorbis), as it is open source. If the question is worded correctly,
> and mp3 is wanted, then lame does the job.
>
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> Karen Lewellen, le Tue 10 Oct 2006 12:20:07 -0400, a écrit :
>> Any simple Linux tool for converting .wav files to .mp3 files?
>
> MP3 is patented, so you'll have a hard time looking for a legal and
> "libre" software producing them.  That said, you can google for "lame"
> (which has a quite good codec btw).
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> I was just listening to the wikipedia page on mp3 a couple of days ago and
> it said that lame is legal because the patent holder (Thompson Consumer
> Electronics -- I think) has said it won't enforce it's patent on open source
> projects. Plus, I doubt it would be illegal to use software that infringed
> on someone's patent. The end-user wouldn't be expected to know about that.
>
> Ogg is a better format anyway.
>
> Another thing the wikipedia page said that was interesting is that mp3 is
> obsolete as a technology but it has a certain momentum. But IMO, in a few
> years, we won't be seeing so many mp3 files around.
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