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. > > From > Michael Whapples > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu> > 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 at ens-lyon.org> > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
