Creating Mp3

[Castellen]

@Warrent:
On 68K AmigaOS I use LAME ver 3.92.
Don't think it's the latest version, but I think the later one was
unstable somehow???

I have the 060 specific version if which i can send if you like.

Usage is simple:
LAME InputFilename.aiff OutputFilename.mp3

That encodes joint stereo at 128k/sec, 44.1kHz, which is standard.
I think it can accept a variety of input file formats, but I use AIFF.
Read the docs for more info on different formats, bitrates, etc.

It's not a fast process, on an 060@50MHz, it takes approx 1 hour to
encode a typical song.  You can run many copies of LAME at the same
time, so just set up lots of seperate encodes and leave it running
overnight.

[Castellen]

@Warrent:
You can run more than one of anything in a shell by sticking "run"
in front of it.

EG:
run lame insong.aiff outsong.mp3

That will spawn a new process for each task.


And yes, I'm sure we're all aware that an hour to encode an MP3 is
slow.  When my PPC card was working it was more like 3-4 minutes/song.
But unfortunately it's no longer working, so I have to use 060 power
instead.

Yes, if I were doing it commercially I'd use something else.  But
since I'm not, and I have HOURS of waiting time at night (I sleep) so
for all I care the computer can take as long as it wants.

[Castellen]

@ Warrent:

I don't think LAME suports multiple encodes like that.

Your best bet is to try the "Audio Converter" front end on Aminet.
It batch converts whole directories at once.

Never used it for encoding MP3s before as I usually just do small
quantity at once.