: :>> does anybody know of any MPEG layer 3 *encoding* software that'll
: :>> run under Linux? I hate to reboot into win95 :)
: :>l3enc from fraunhofer institute
: : Are there any free encoders available? (Ie, GNU style free, with source
: : included, etc).
: Yes.
Really nice answer but does not really help, does it?
OK. The ultimate info: There is a more or less free implementation of a mp3
encoder. This is the reference implementation from ISO. And since all ISO
stuff is not really free I don't know exactly how to handle this. But you
should look for a file called
dist10.tar.gz
with your favourite search engine. The included "dist10/lsf/encoder/"
compiles cleanly for me and runs fine, though slow. But it works! It encodes
nearly anything you like (i.e. 128kBit or more) but as I said, it is slow.
Perhaps one can optimize it but I had no time to do so.
I am currently working on a free MP3 recorder frontend using this encoder
and several other utils ... perhaps I will finish a first version this
weekend ;) Let's see...
: -Dan
CU
nils
PS: If anyone could tell me about the status of dist10 I would be really
happy! (i.e. if it really free and if newer versions of the encoder
exist.)
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