Then try arecord -b16 that gives you 16-bit output. arecord -h is your friend. On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 10:15:57PM -0500, Brent Harding wrote: > It won't take output from arecord, arecord records by default in 8 bit > sampling rate, which lame won't work with. > At 02:18 PM 8/20/00 +1000, you wrote: > >Hi Chuck: > > > >As the bladeenc site says, they're not about low bit-rate encoding. In my > >personal opinion, lame shits all over it. Bladeenc reckon they're better > >at rates over 128K, but I'm yet to hear it. Lame is certainly better at > >128K and below. > > > >I don't have the August 6 beta, didn't know there was one actually. Lame > >does do an OK job at encoding vorbis streams, but only to a point. The > >vorbis code up until this week from vorbis.org only really supported > >encoding at higher bitrates like 160. Lame will do lower, but I think it > >uses it's MP3 engine and alters the output to encode vorbis instead. Don't > >get me wrong, it still sounds better than MP3 even produced by the same > >encoder, but I don't think it sounds as good as vorbis will sound at the > >same rates. > > > >I'd look out for another version of lame to hit the streets soon as Tuesday > >saw the release of vorbis 1.0beta2. As you may recall from the interview, > >this does 128K encoding and might even do 96, haven't looked. The program > >listed on vorbis.com for encoding has changed from an ogg-ised version of > >lame 3.84alpha to a program called oggenc. I haven't tried it yet but I do > >intend to. > > > >I might also say while I'm here that if you want a straight player, then > >I'd probably recommend freeamp. But, and it's a big but, you need the > >latest available code. There is a version labeled freeamp 2.1beta5vorbis, > >but the vorbis support doesn't work with any other than the X gdk > >interface. freeamp 2.1beta6 will fix this, but last I checked, it hadn't > >been released yet. Until it is, you will have to checkout the CVS > >code. This does work, believe me. I finally after 4 weeks of chasing it > >and E-mails to freeamp developers, have a freeamp that will play ogg vorbis > >in console mode. > > > >If you want some content to listen to, check out www.vorbis.com. There is > >a They Might Be Giants song at 96K that sounds quite impressive, and it's > >only 1.4 meg. > > > >Geoff. > > > > > >-- > >Geoff Shang <gshang10 at scu.edu.au> > >ICQ number 43634701 > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- -- Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.eu.org Alternates: kerry at emusys.com.au kerry at gotss.spice.net.au or khoath at lis.net.au ICQ UIN: 8226547
