jaymc Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Im looking for some good, free software to convert audio files 1: Must be able to run from command line, e.g convertor --file=song.wav --newext=mp3 --kbps=128 --destination=/home/fred Multiple formats would be good too! thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 bladeenc is your best bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I like lame. $ lame file.wav file.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymc Posted April 29, 2008 Author Share Posted April 29, 2008 Yeh I went with LAME, really good However, one big snag, it doesnt carry accross IDE tag info I know you can define it, but in batch convert, not feasble Is there a previous version that does carry accross the IDE tags? Or maybe different software Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 WAV files have no ID3 tags - they are pure audio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymc Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 sorry, i shouldn't have used WAC in my example. I'm using a true mp3, IDE still lost and when running lame from command line it states they 'currently' will be lost so perhaps in a previos version.. they where not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beebum Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 sox http://sox.sourceforge.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymc Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 Old topic but Ive just come around to using sox and found it cant alter the bit rate of an mp3, e.g 256 kbps to 128 kbps I cant use lame because it loses the IDE tag info My goal is to find a command line mp3 convertor that will 1: Convert an mp3 to mp3 @ 128kbps 2: Keep IDE tags in tact Any more ideas? Using centos 4.4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 ffmpeg maybe? http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58025 Not sure about the tags tho. -steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymc Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 Didnt carry the IDE tags but it allows me to input them so i use a work around It will do! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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