I suspect Peter hit the nail on the head, providing context.
The Sox manual, in UNIX man-page format, is probably the hardest to read man-page I've read, in over 40 years as a software engineer. Yet I couldn't write a better one. It's a problem caused by the complexity of SoX plus the approach of a man-page, especially when what you need isn't a reference but a tutorial.
Consider googling for a "SOX tutorial", which will help you get started. Also, when I have trouble figuring out a particular use case, I google for "how to do XXX with sox" and usually find a lot of helpful examples, and after some study I can then understand the related reference manual entries.
It is tricky to get started, but if you have an audio process that you want to do repeatedly or especially from a script, there's nothing better -- nothing I know of that even comes close.
But, for simple things like converting audio formats, I use dBPowerAmp Music Converter, which has a small fee for MP3 converters (with a free trial.) It has a GUI or you can just right-click on any supported audio format and click "Convert". It has a batch mode as well.
dBpoweramp Music Converter - mp3 converter, FLAC, WAV, AAC & Apple Losslesss. Free 21 day trial, download & convert I've been using this for about 20 years now.
Jeff
On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 at 04:36, Peter P. <peterparker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Mark,
you seem to be working on a Windows operating system. Sox is a software
that you would run from within the OS command prompt/shell/terminal. So
open the command line shell[1] and type the command
sox
to see if it is installed correctly. If you get a reply from sox other
than a message that the command can not be found, learn how to navigate
to other drives and folders[2].
Once you arrive in the folder that holds audiofile.mp3 execute the sox
command as described in the sox manual.
best, P
[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/windows-commands
[2] https://www.computerhope.com/issues/chusedos.htm
* Mark Donaldson <mwdmaestro@xxxxxxxxxxx> [2024-01-11 01:32]:
> Hello!
>
> This sure sounds like a dandy program, but I'm trying to get around the syntax.
>
> Say I have a an audio file on my D drive called audiofile.mp3 and I want to convert it to a wav file.
>
> My sox program is on my C drive in programs.
>
> So how do I convert this mp3 then?
>
> Sounds like a great place to start!
>
> Please help me and thanks!
>
> Mark Donaldson
>
>
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