-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Take a walk over to http://flack.sourceforge.net/ That's their home page. I downloaded the package from there. It's like another encoder/decoder pair of utilities and I believe the Xinf folks are some how tied to it. Not sure though. On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 10:21:46AM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Steve, > > That's interesting. What are the tools for handling .flac format > files? This is a new idea for me. > > Chuck > > > > On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 03:03:10PM +0200, Sandi S?rensen wrote: > > > ogg123 -d wav -f filename.wav filenme.ogg > > > there ya go > > > > > Well, that would get to wav but then you need to get the wav to mp3. > > I would recommend lame. I forget the exact syntax and cmd line > > options from here but a review of the man page can give you that. You > > can specify bit rates, stereo vs mono and all that. > > > > Note the both ogg and mp3 are 'lossy' compression schemes so possible > > quality loss is inevidable. If done carefully, this loss can be kept > > to a minimum by not cutting bit rates. For true lossless compression, > > I would suggest keeping stuff archived in .flac format. On average, > > .flac files can compress to about half the size of original wavs > > without any loss. > > -- > > HolmesGrown Solutions > > The best solutions for the best price! > > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > ------------ Output from gpg ------------ > > gpg: Signature made Thu Jun 17 09:39:04 2004 EDT using DSA key ID 94B42DF1 > > gpg: Good signature from "Steve Holmes (HolmesGrown Solutions) <steve at holmesgrown.com>" > > gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! > > gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. > > Primary key fingerprint: 46DB DA38 6DE3 53F1 0CC8 D315 5928 EFE7 94B4 2DF1 > > > > > > - -- > The Moon is New > My home page is now at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iQCVAwUBQNGpAjVdG8M9x9tGAQInpwQAwa4cqkexdXoqUjw06LHyEHDiEvZdb2pd > i9Apvo4gM4+OqDL9D4H8YHUJdPy2Xsx3c2azIA1iwd0tITxqGJK02eYRpO8Js5JC > Xsh6w964nxwP9TkX75lfXVei6SYRq2/IWZY+sXm3e2ns9KfmA1+Tb2VORfdtUKhc > 5HLa16/v8DI= > =i0xZ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA0caZWSjv55S0LfERAkE1AJ0QzByw8Cw3UsBphzcQG9aMIQj6pACgod+Y z73r0Mlsur/BaCHZD9Ye8jc= =lSSr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----