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On Friday 01 September 2006 17:47, sdoma wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I got some MP3 files which seem not to be properly coded. The |
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> Interpret/Title information is missing for some, other show very ugly |
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> time information in XMMS ( -234567:21, 893767:13 i.e.) but the |
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> frame/duration in the MP3 info is correct. |
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> Are there any tools (preferred command line) to decode the MP3 (get a |
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> raw audio file, wav or something similar) and in turn to code the MP3 |
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> with the proper information? |
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even if there are tools - don't do it. |
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The artist/title info is in the id4 tags - you can edit them with lots of |
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tools, even inside most players. No need to recode them. |
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And recoding: mp3 is a lossy format. If you turn them into wavs you have not |
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only wavs based on reduced information, you remove the stuff that makes mp3 |
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sound 'better' than they are. If you encode them again, you are removing more |
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information. |
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So after such a circle the sound quality would be worse. A lot worse. Hardly |
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bearable worse. |
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Just say no to recoding. |
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