Re: [tlug] OGG & MP3

["Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon" <ronfaxon@example.com>]

Godwin Stewart wrote:

> On Sat, 20 May 2006 10:07:47 +0200, Godwin Stewart
> <godwin.stewart@example.com> wrote:

> > > but what I need to do is to *make* them.

> > "oggenc" is in the vorbistools package. The oggenc man page is one of
> > the better-written ones IMO.

I'll take a look.  Thanks!

> While I think of it, if you want to go from MP3 to OGG you'll need an
> intermediary step. I usually use WAV:

> $ mpg123 -v -w tempfile.wav yourfile.mp3
> $ oggenc -o yourfile.ogg tempfile.wav
> $ rm tempfile.wav
>
> I do not know how to extract any metadata (such as ID3 tags) from an
> MP3 file, but it's easy enough to add them to a .ogg file either on the
> oggenc command line, or using vorbiscomment(1).

Actually, what I need to do is go from .wav to .ogg.  I converted a
number of my CD's to .wav some time ago with MusicMatch 6.0 (on a
brand-W box - that's the other thing I need to find out about at some
point - how to save my CD's with Linux in an uncompressed format).  So -
I take it that it's easier to go from .wav to .ogg than from .mp3?

I'll have a closer look after sending this.

Thanks again,

Lyle