Mick Mearns wrote:
Hello list;
I recently burned an audio CD with mp3 files.
My portable player played the first few tracks then barfed.
I *know* that all the files are mp3 so was surprised.
Upon investigation it turns out that soem of them were .ogg instead.
I used konqueror to convert them and chose .mp3 but got .ogg
[root@localhost ive_been_thinking_about_you]# ls -l *.mp3
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mick mick 6145448 Feb 7 15:34 def_12_mix.mp3
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mick mick 4182115 Feb 7 15:35 red_zone_mix.mp3
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mick mick 1364736 Feb 7 15:35 reprise.mp3
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mick mick 3710832 Feb 7 15:36 the_eclipse_mix.mp3
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mick mick 2742102 Feb 7 15:37 trak_mix.mp3
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mick mick 5216619 Feb 7 15:36 vocal_dub.mp3
When I run 'file' I get:
[root@localhost ive_been_thinking_about_you]# file *.mp3
def_12_mix.mp3: Ogg data, Vorbis audio, stereo, 44100 Hz, ~128000
bps, created by: Xiph.Org libVorbis I (1.1.0 RC1)
red_zone_mix.mp3: Ogg data, Vorbis audio, stereo, 44100 Hz, ~128000
bps, created by: Xiph.Org libVorbis I (1.1.0 RC1)
reprise.mp3: Ogg data, Vorbis audio, stereo, 44100 Hz, ~128000
bps, created by: Xiph.Org libVorbis I (1.1.0 RC1)
the_eclipse_mix.mp3: Ogg data, Vorbis audio, stereo, 44100 Hz, ~128000
bps, created by: Xiph.Org libVorbis I (1.1.0 RC1)
trak_mix.mp3: Ogg data, Vorbis audio, stereo, 44100 Hz, ~128000
bps, created by: Xiph.Org libVorbis I (1.1.0 RC1)
vocal_dub.mp3: Ogg data, Vorbis audio, stereo, 44100 Hz, ~128000
bps, created by: Xiph.Org libVorbis I (1.1.0 RC1)
[root@localhost ive_been_thinking_about_you]#
I have a lot of directories that *should* be .mp3.
How do I get 'file' to pickout the .ogg files?
Also how to convert them to .mp3?
Is this a bug in konqueror?
Mick M.
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Don't know about Konqueror, but I wouldn't advise converting from .ogg
to .mp3. You're talking about converting from one lossy compression
format to another, and the losses are taken in different spots, so the
quality will /really/ suffer. Best to re-rip and make /sure/ you're
ripping to mp3.
Temlakos
PS: If it turns out that you got the files, labeled as mp3, from another
source, then the above doesn't apply, obviously.
Which brings me to another obvious question: Does anyone make portable
players that can play .ogg instead of/in addition to .mp3?
Temlakos
PPS: Just visited vorbis.com. OGG/Vorbis player apps are available for
Linux, Windows, Mac, OS/2, and PocketPC. Don't know whether that helps,
but if OGG is what you've got, I'd look for a solution to play them
directly, rather than converting them.
Temlakos
