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Hello, can anyone recommend a good program for converting .wav files to .mp3?(on linux mint, based on ubuntu)
Also, what kind of things should one pay attention to when converting? I have around 70 files to convert and upload to OGA and wouldn't want to redo work.
Also, why can't I upload .ogg files for the preview?
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for i in *wav; do sox "$i" -r 44100 "${i%wav}mp3"; echo "$i done"; done
and if you have multiple files per submission, check out this post.
Ok will try your suggestion. Here's one more:
Preview format is mp3, what kind of format is prefered for the file itself?
EDIT: I've just realized I have no idea how to use any piece of the information you gave me. Noob at command line.
Pardon my few words :)
You need to install "sox" and "lame" via your package manager.
Then, assuming your .wav file(s) are in ~/files, you will need to do the following two commands in the command line:
cd ~/files
for i in *wav; do sox "$i" -r 44100 "${i%wav}mp3"; echo "$i done"; done
this will execute a command for every file that ends in "wav": `sox file.wav -r 44100 file.mp3.`. this converts the wav file to mp3 and makes the mp3 file have a rate of 44100, which is what flash needs I believe.
For original files I would recommend either .wav in a .7z (or .zip, not .rar or .ace) or a .flac file (sox should be able to convert .wav to .flac files.
OGG Vorbis is not recommended, because the format uses lossy compression. Wav does not compress and flac does compress, but lossless.
I installed sox and lame (with no additional libs).
I navigated my way to the folder with the sound files and typed the long command, but nothing seems to happen, no errors, no reports, no progress shown. Am I missing something here?
with a 33mb .wav it seems to take long (I didn't wait to see how long) on an Asus EeePC 1000H. Wait a little longer? It should work.
I mean you can use qubodup way
You can use the audcaity way with a lame dll
My favorite is Dbpoweramp because not only does it convert to mp3 but it can convert to about 15 other formats and I can dsp effects like fade,loop,graphic EQ, id3 tag, trim silence, instrument removal, and can normalize to standard mp3 volume levels. There is a whole bunch of things it can do.
But I am not positive that is on Linux unless you dont mind running something like that off wine.
I am not home right now, But I have linux on my laptop at home and I can check on how ways that I have converted with it in the past.
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I'm testing this with a 200kb wav file. Nothing happens after around 5-7 minutes, is this normal or am I just impatient.? Using a dual-core with 3,2ghz per core. Checking again whether this is the command to type into the console (or do I have to type the name of the wav files itself?):
for i in *wav; do sox "$i" -r 44100 "${i%wav}mp3"; echo "$i done; done
The sounds I'm trying to convert are from Yo Frankie! game and can be downloaded from http://download.blender.org/apricot/yofrankie_1_1b_bge.zip if anyone else feels up to the task.
I think it's taking too long.
Please try
"sox FILENAME.wav test.mp3"
and then
"sox FILENAME.wav -r 44100 test.mp3"
(replace FILENAME with name of the file you want to convert)
Or try http://soundconverter.berlios.de/ which might be the best GUI-solution :)
Anonymus, I get sox FAIL formats: no handler for file extension `mp3' but it doesn't matter anymore because soundconverter works perfectly :) Thank you all for advice and patience.
Just one more question on how to properly upload files: I plan to upload files individually so they all have their preview sounds. For the preview it's an .mp3 and for the file itself it's the original .wav in a .zip file (even though the compression isn't that great). I prefer common file formats vs. superior but less known ones, accessibility is always good :) Anything missing?