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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au>]

Hi Folks,

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:00:49 +0000 (UTC)
sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, James Miller wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, sindi keesan wrote:
> >
> >> My partner listens to Recordings for the Blind and Physically 
> >> Handicapped. 
> >> They are still sending out tapes but will probably switch to CD.  He 
> >> wonders if he can rip the CD to mp3 and somehow speed it up (delete one 
> >> out 
> >> of three sampled bits) since he likes to listen faster.  He has modified 
> >> tape players to let him adjust the speed (different size pulleys, 
> >> resistors, switches - various approaches).
> >
> > Sure, you can convert from wav (audio cd's are usually wav, I think) to 
> > mp3 
> > with any number of Linux apps. mp3blaster has such an option in its 
> > interface. I'd go with ogg rather than mp3, though (oog is a more open 
> > format). THere are all kinds of sound editing apps for Linux, too, so you 
> > should be able to manipulate those ogg's/mp3's however you want.
> 
> Even DOS cdroast comes with a way to make wav into mp3.

   In DOS, I would recommend using Bladeenc, or even Lame, to convert .WAV to 
.MP3.
And CD2WAV will rip the CD tracks into .WAV files.

   BTW: Sindi, I doubt that most MP3 players will do a good job on streaming 
MP3s over a dial-up link.
The one exception may be Realplayer, which IS able to buffer the stream.  And 
this really amounts to a download and THEN play routine, anyway.

Regards,
        Ron

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Ron Clarke 
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