Gilles Ganault wrote:
> Hello
>
> I converted a WAV file into MP3 with lame, but the following MP3 Flash
> player can't play it, although it can be played with another, not as
> nice Flash player:
>
> http://www.piticstyle.com/2007/10/29/flash-mp3-player/
>
> I just ran "lame -h -b 128 source.wav target.mp3", but I guess this
> player either doesn't like the shape of the source file (8KHz sampling
> rate; don't know the sample size), or the output.
>
> There are tons of apps for FreeBSD:
>
> http://www.freebsdsoftware.org/audio/
>
> Which would you recommend to
> 1. read information about each file, so that I can copy/paste this
> into a forum about sound (if you know of a good one...)
> 2. compress WAV into MP3 into what Flash players usually expect,
> whatever it is?
>
> Thank you.

if you want good quality compression, find or purchase the Xing mp3
encoder. There was a windows and compile linux binary release.

I've yet to locate a free endcoder that doesn't sound like crap.

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:33:31 +0000 (UTC), Cydrome Leader
wrote:
>I've yet to locate a free endcoder that doesn't sound like crap.

But then, for voicemail @ 8KHz, I don't need much.

Turns out the following commands work ok:

lame -h --abr 128 test.wav test.mp3
lame -V2 test.wav test.mp3