On Feb 19, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Darrick Hartman wrote: > Fred wrote: >> Hello >> >> I need to compress WAV files into MP3 so they can be played through a >> browser in an MP3 Flash player. I looked around, and it seems like >> sox is >> the way to go since it is compiled by default in AstLinux, and >> supports >> MP3... but it fails when run: >> >> ======= >> # sox -h >> sox: Version 12.17.9 >> [...] >> Supported file formats: aiff al au auto avr cdr cvs dat vms gsm >> hcom la lu >> maud mp3 nul ossdsp prc raw sb sf sl smp sndt sph 8svx sw txw ub >> ul uw voc >> vox wav wve >> ======= >> # sox test.wav test.mp3 >> sox: Failed writing test.mp3: Sorry, no MP3 encoding support >> ======= >> >> Could it be that I need to install some external libraries? Is there >> another compressor that would work in AstLinux, ideally one that is >> statically linked? > > Which version of astlinux? This should be working in trunk. > > Darrick
The sox in astlinux supports reading mp3's, but not writing? possibly because of patents and/or copyright reasons? From some quick googling, it appears this is a common issue with sox and creating mp3's. Lonnie ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
