Brad Keryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 4 Jan 2001, Douglas Bates wrote:
>
> > I would like to convert some mp3 files to the .cdr format for writing
> > an audio CD. The CD-Writing-HOWTO recommends using mpg123 as in
> > mpg123 --cdr -s track1.mp3 > track1.cdr
> > but the version of mpg123 in mpg123_0.59q-2_i386.deb does not accept
> > the option --cdr, as far as I can tell.
>
> However, it accepts the option "-w <filename.wav>" which writes the track
> to a WAV file.
>
> > I would appreciate suggestions for programs, preferably in Debian
> > packages, that can do this. If the recommendation is to use mpg123
> > followed by sox I would appreciate getting the exact set of options to
> > use with sox on an i386 system.
>
> cdrecord and cdrdao both support reading audio tracks from WAV files, so
> the -w option is your best bet.
Thank you. The -w option isn't given in the man page but it does show
up in mpg123 --help. Interestingly enough, mpg123 --longhelp
indicates that it *does* accept --cdr.
Do you happen to know if it is necessary to swap bytes on the .wav
file when writing it to the CD? The CD-Writing-HOWTO says to use
for I in *.mp3
do
mpg123 --cdr -s "$I" | cdrecord -audio -pad -swab -nofix -
done
cdrecord -fix
and I found that I did have to use -pad.
