Hi,

I would need an application which converts ogg files into mp3 format
(to use on mp3 players since there are no ogg players, alas).

can anyone point me to such an app?

thanks

andrei <andrei@portalinux.org> wrote:
Search freshmeat.net/google for "ogg2mp3".

Good luck

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On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:01:08 -0800, andrei wrote:

Theres a new player coming out which will play ogg as well.

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Michael Heiming <michael+USENET@www.heiming.de> wrote:
Wrong, check freshmeat.net, enter ogg in the search box.

I hate to reply my own posts...


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andrei@portalinux.org (andrei) writes:

]Hi,

]I would need an application which converts ogg files into mp3 format
](to use on mp3 players since there are no ogg players, alas).

]can anyone point me to such an app?

mp3 is a proprietary format and the patent holders require royalties to
create mp3 files. Such a conversion is also ill advised since both are
lossy compressions-- ie doing it twice will mean that you get the worst
of both ogg and mp3.

However, if you are still desireous, look at lame.
lame.sourceforge.net

andrei wrote:

Ideally, it would be better to encode from CD to mp3, rather than ogg to
mp3. lame can do the conversion.

You might want to check out http://wiki.xiph.org/VorbisHardware/ which
lists hardware that can play Ogg Vorbis files.

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Bill Unruh <unruh@string.physics.ubc.ca> schrieb:
I suppose the OP wants to keep the higher-quality ogg on HD and use the
crappy mp3s for his standalone mp3 player. There are not many standalone
mp3 players around which also play ogg.

Regards, Jan