converting mp3/ogg into wav

[James Gray]

On Sat, 28 May 2005 09:31 pm, FTP wrote:
> Hi,
>
> any good suggestion about a tool that converts mp3/ogg back to wav?
>
> Thanks
>
> George

mpg321 will do this if you're after a command line tool (which also means 
you can script it!):

sudo apt-get install mpg321

Then simply:

mpg321 -w wavfile.wav mp3file.mp3

Done :) Plus it's much faster than "real-time", unlike the Xmms option which 
will only be done at normal time while you listen to the tracks.

To script a whole directory into wav's you might want to try something like 
this (untested off-the-top-of-my-head hack):

for MP3 in `ls -d *.mp3`
do
    WAV=`echo $MP3|sed s/\.mp3$//`
    echo "Converting $MP3 -> $WAV.wav"
    mpg321 -w $WAV.wav $MP3
done

This script assumes it is running in the same directory as the mp3's and 
your mp3 collection all have extensions with ".mp3" (ie lower case).  Play 
with the WAV=`....` if your filenames aren't output properly :)

Cheers,

James
-- 
Too much of everything is just enough.
  -- Bob Wier
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