Re: Command-line ogg to mp3 converter
On 04/09/2012, at 3:00 AM, macports-users-requ...@lists.macosforge.org wrote: Greetings : I'm looking for a command line ogg to mp3 converter for osx. I imagine that ffmpeg would be the best bet; it can do just about anything. There's an example of converting an ogg file to mp3 with selective copy of some of the metadata in the ffmpeg man page. The command line options are sometimes quite non-obvious. There are GUIs built on top of ffmpeg, such as the one at www.ffmpegX.com. I haven't looked at them in detail, to know whether any of them would (like AIX's smit does when providing a GUI or menu-driven way of performing administrative tasks) offer the option of showing the command-line equivalent for future use. And I don't know that any are in MacPorts. Hi Richard : I have received other recommendation for ffmpeg, so it is good to hear your second and supporting opinion. I will look into it. FYI: I did find a perl utility call ogg2mp3. I believe you can get it from http://gitorious.org/ogg2mp3/pages/Home, although I was directed to a gentoo site for it. It needs the ogg-vorbis port and it is extremely simple to work with but doesn't seem like there is any direct control over where the mp3 files are written. Although with a superior process running it, that can be worked around. Thanks again for the tip on ffmpgeg. Of course all the comments about changing one lossy format to another. bad results You should try to convert a non-lossy to a lossy ie wav to mp3, wav to ogg etc James ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
Command-line ogg to mp3 converter
Greetings : I'm looking for a command line ogg to mp3 converter. There's a lot of stuff here : http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=categorysubstr=audio but I would welcome recommendations. -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
Command-line ogg to mp3 converter
Greetings : I'm looking for a command line ogg to mp3 converter for osx. There's a lot of stuff here : http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=categorysubstr=audio but I would welcome recommendations. Failing that, I would welcome recommendations on the same _or_ a GUI-based app for ubuntu 12.04. I see a list here : http://www.iloveubuntu.net/easy-guide-ubuntu-1204s-audio-world but have had no experience with any of them. Have a good Labor Day. -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
Re: Command-line ogg to mp3 converter
* Tim Johnson t...@akwebsoft.com [120902 08:00]: Greetings : I'm looking for a command line ogg to mp3 converter for osx. There's a lot of stuff here : http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=categorysubstr=audio but I would welcome recommendations. Failing that, I would welcome recommendations on the same _or_ a GUI-based app for ubuntu 12.04. I see a list here : http://www.iloveubuntu.net/easy-guide-ubuntu-1204s-audio-world but have had no experience with any of them. blush Sorry, I meant to send that last to my local LUG/blush -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
Re: Command-line ogg to mp3 converter
* Tim Johnson t...@akwebsoft.com [120902 08:00]: Greetings : I'm looking for a command line ogg to mp3 converter for osx. There's a lot of stuff here : http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=categorysubstr=audio but I would welcome recommendations. Failing that, I would welcome recommendations on the same _or_ a GUI-based app for ubuntu 12.04. I see a list here : http://www.iloveubuntu.net/easy-guide-ubuntu-1204s-audio-world but have had no experience with any of them. blush Sorry, I meant to send that last to my local LUG/blush -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
Re: Command-line ogg to mp3 converter
On Sep 2, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Tim Johnson wrote: Greetings : I'm looking for a command line ogg to mp3 converter for osx. I imagine that ffmpeg would be the best bet; it can do just about anything. There's an example of converting an ogg file to mp3 with selective copy of some of the metadata in the ffmpeg man page. The command line options are sometimes quite non-obvious. There are GUIs built on top of ffmpeg, such as the one at www.ffmpegX.com. I haven't looked at them in detail, to know whether any of them would (like AIX's smit does when providing a GUI or menu-driven way of performing administrative tasks) offer the option of showing the command-line equivalent for future use. And I don't know that any are in MacPorts. ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
Re: Command-line ogg to mp3 converter
* Richard L. Hamilton rlha...@smart.net [120902 13:53]: On Sep 2, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Tim Johnson wrote: Greetings : I'm looking for a command line ogg to mp3 converter for osx. I imagine that ffmpeg would be the best bet; it can do just about anything. There's an example of converting an ogg file to mp3 with selective copy of some of the metadata in the ffmpeg man page. The command line options are sometimes quite non-obvious. There are GUIs built on top of ffmpeg, such as the one at www.ffmpegX.com. I haven't looked at them in detail, to know whether any of them would (like AIX's smit does when providing a GUI or menu-driven way of performing administrative tasks) offer the option of showing the command-line equivalent for future use. And I don't know that any are in MacPorts. Hi Richard : I have received other recommendation for ffmpeg, so it is good to hear your second and supporting opinion. I will look into it. FYI: I did find a perl utility call ogg2mp3. I believe you can get it from http://gitorious.org/ogg2mp3/pages/Home, although I was directed to a gentoo site for it. It needs the ogg-vorbis port and it is extremely simple to work with but doesn't seem like there is any direct control over where the mp3 files are written. Although with a superior process running it, that can be worked around. Thanks again for the tip on ffmpgeg. -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
Re: Command-line ogg to mp3 converter
sox is the swiss-army knife of audio format conversion. On 03/09/2012, at 11:11 AM, Tim Johnson t...@akwebsoft.com wrote: * Richard L. Hamilton rlha...@smart.net [120902 13:53]: On Sep 2, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Tim Johnson wrote: Greetings : I'm looking for a command line ogg to mp3 converter for osx. I imagine that ffmpeg would be the best bet; it can do just about anything. There's an example of converting an ogg file to mp3 with selective copy of some of the metadata in the ffmpeg man page. The command line options are sometimes quite non-obvious. There are GUIs built on top of ffmpeg, such as the one at www.ffmpegX.com. I haven't looked at them in detail, to know whether any of them would (like AIX's smit does when providing a GUI or menu-driven way of performing administrative tasks) offer the option of showing the command-line equivalent for future use. And I don't know that any are in MacPorts. Hi Richard : I have received other recommendation for ffmpeg, so it is good to hear your second and supporting opinion. I will look into it. FYI: I did find a perl utility call ogg2mp3. I believe you can get it from http://gitorious.org/ogg2mp3/pages/Home, although I was directed to a gentoo site for it. It needs the ogg-vorbis port and it is extremely simple to work with but doesn't seem like there is any direct control over where the mp3 files are written. Although with a superior process running it, that can be worked around. Thanks again for the tip on ffmpgeg. -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
Re: Command-line ogg to mp3 converter
* Matt Maguire vk2...@gmail.com [120902 17:43]: sox is the swiss-army knife of audio format conversion. Hello: Got an URL? thanks -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
Re: Command-line ogg to mp3 converter
On Sep 2, 2012, at 10:07 p.m., Tim Johnson wrote: * Matt Maguire vk2...@gmail.com [120902 17:43]: sox is the swiss-army knife of audio format conversion. Hello: Got an URL? thanks I assume it's this. http://sox.sourceforge.net vq ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
Re: Command-line ogg to mp3 converter
* Tim Johnson t...@akwebsoft.com [120902 18:08]: * Matt Maguire vk2...@gmail.com [120902 17:43]: sox is the swiss-army knife of audio format conversion. Hello: Got an URL? Sorry, should have said, in addition: Do you have an URL for docs, discussions, etc? I have installed it via macports .. -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
Re: Command-line ogg to mp3 converter
In increasing order of verbosity: sox -h man sox http://sox.sourceforge.net/Docs/Documentation On 03/09/2012, at 12:11 PM, Tim Johnson t...@akwebsoft.com wrote: * Tim Johnson t...@akwebsoft.com [120902 18:08]: * Matt Maguire vk2...@gmail.com [120902 17:43]: sox is the swiss-army knife of audio format conversion. Hello: Got an URL? Sorry, should have said, in addition: Do you have an URL for docs, discussions, etc? I have installed it via macports .. -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
