Compress mp3 in linux ?

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How to compress mp3 file in linux ?

Which distro are you using? Just install lame and then do man lame

*www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/2309.html

mencoder,abcde, audacity ?
you may first convert to .wav format and again u need to re-encode to mp3.
search in synaptic "mp3" if u use ubuntu or debian or any debian based distros.

kalpik said:
Which distro are you using? Just install lame and then do man lame

Ubuntu and Suse

install lame from package manager first.

lame is there pre installed

I compress mp3 all the time

Use this... Install ffmpeg.. Then type this in the directory where your files are located.

Code:

ffmpeg -i <input file nama> -ab xxx <out file name>

Here, replace <xyz> with the corresponding values with extension and xxx with the bitrate, ie 64,96,128 and the like..

Note : Your input file maybe in any recognisable audio/video format, and it'll still work.. i.e, .wav, .flv, .ogg , .wma etc......

ffmpeg -i <10 Crush On You.mp3> -ab 32 <test.mp3>

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'

can u correct my syntax

Remove the < and > signs. They are not needed. Since your file name has spaces, you need to enclose the file name with quotes. So the correct syntax becomes

Code:

ffmpeg -i "10 Crush On You.mp3" -ab 32 "test.mp3"

^^^ k now it is workin so nice of u all

ffmpeg -i <10 Crush On You.mp3> -ab 32 <test.mp3>

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'

can u correct my syntax

... I asked you to replace the <>s right ? My mistake.... Couldn't explain it well to you..... Anyway, Nice to see that you got it working ..........