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. From Michael Whapples ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:30 PM Subject: Re: ot: wav to mp3 linux tool? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Thibault" <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:26 AM Subject: Re: ot: wav to mp3 linux tool? Karen Lewellen, le Tue 10 Oct 2006 12:20:07 -0400, a ?crit : > 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). 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 Another thing the wikipedia page said that was interesting is that mp3 is obsolete as a technology but it has a certain momentum.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.
