Good to know that you meant that, sometimes people seem to call all compressed formats mp3. From Michael Whapples > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen Lewellen" <klewellen at shellworld.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 5:59 PM > Subject: Re: ot: wav to mp3 linux tool? > > > 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 >> >
