On Sunday 14 August 2005 01:18, Paul Johnson wrote: >On Saturday 13 August 2005 10:08 pm, Rishi wrote: >> Hi >> >> Is there any program on Debian that can convert a wave file into >> mp3? > >No, because of BMG Music's patent on MPEG Layer 3 encoders. There are >unofficial packages for encoders (like lame) available from sources >that can be readily found at http://www.apt-get.org/ . If you want a >100% Debian's-idea-of-free way of accomplishing the same thing, look >into the patent-unencumbered Ogg Vorbis format instead.
Shame, you forgot to mention that ogg/vorbis files of the same source, and the same size as the .mp3 files would be, sound better in almost any a/b comparison. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
