quoted 22 lines Can anyone help me with any tips on how to encode WAV or similar files>> Can anyone help me with any tips on how to encode WAV or similar files
>> (stereo, 44.1 MHz) into MP3 files? Any applications necessary, what? I'm
>> running a PowerMac and have tried a fair number of sound utilities in hopes
>> of preparing some of my audio files for smooth Web transition.
>
>Quick and dirty PowerMac MP3 ripping recipe:
>
>Use something like Adaptec's Toast Audio Extractor 1.1 to pull in the CD
>track to a WAV file.
>
>Then use SoundEdit 16 version 2.0.x to convert the WAV file to MPEG-3. To
>do this you need some plug-ins for SoundEdit 16; specifically, things related
>to WAV import ("WAVE IMA Import", "WAVE IMA Export"), and SWA (MPEG-3) export
>("SWA Streaming Xrta", "SWA Settings (SE16) Xtra", "SWA Settings (Dir) Xtra",
>"SWA Export Xtra", "SWA Compression Xtra", "Preverb", "Loop Tuner" and
>"Afterburner").
>
>You can then import WAV files into SoundEdit 16 and export them as MPEG-3's
>(export as "SWA File" in the dialogue box).
>
>Note that SoundEdit 16 can import as WAV from CD as well, but I had troubles
>with it and found that Toast Audio Extractor worked a lot better.
Even quicker and dirtier: Extract using SoundApp (use "Import to QuickTime"),
then use MPecker to encode it. Much cheaper (free/shareware) than the
commercial products that Greg recommends (although quite a bit less
functional, of course).
C.
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