Comments on: Convert various media formats to Vorbis in Linux

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لينكساوي » تحويل الملفات الصوتية من أى صيغة إلى الصيغة الحرة — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:15:24 +0000

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By: sfsfgsgdsgdsghdsg

sfsfgsgdsgdsghdsg — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:24:26 +0000

Although free and open source formats are great.
Going for ogg vorbis isn’t a good idea because it’s lossy.
It would be a better idea to convert them to FLAC or ogg FLAC.
FLAC is a lossless codec,
this way you don’t loose quality and can always convert them to some lossy format when needed.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:52:22 +0000

Sound Converter works great but does freeze if you try and convert protected AAC files (like from the itunes store) so be aware of this.

I use a Sansa E270 with Rockbox Firmware for Ogg support and it works great.

By: Curtis McDonald

Curtis McDonald — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:13:46 +0000

Doc, there are plenty of audio players available that support ogg vorbis. Even the famous iPod’s can suuport ogg vorbis after installing a custom firmware.

I have a cowon iaudio U3 and love it. Almost every audio device from Cowon is advertised to support Linux and ogg vorbis. There lineup is very competitively priced and cotains all the needed features that other players have including ogg vorbis support.

Wikipedia has a great page listing all the devices (portable, car, home stereo) supporting Ogg Vorbis.

So, once you decide to go with Ogg Vorbis, there is not reason you would need to go back.

By: harriseldon

harriseldon — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:56:14 +0000

for those who like the command line:
http://pacpl.sourceforge.net/

Perl Audio Converter works for me and keeps ID3 info. I have used it to convert m4a to ogg and also convert ogg files that do not play on my device to ogg files that will.

By: hz

hz — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:59:04 +0000

Thanks, nice to know there is such tool.
I am wondering whether “sound converter” can automatically transfer the metadata in mp3 (like ID3 tags) to the newly generated ogg file.

By: Jack Wallen

Jack Wallen — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:53:22 +0000

I am re-ripping for a good majority of the process. but there are some files i do not have the CD for. for those, i am using this tool.

By: KP

KP — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:09:22 +0000

N.O.D. hit it right on the spot. By converting a lossy format to another lossy format you are losing quality in the process. It would be best to re-rip your CDs and save them in the Ogg format. I would switch to Ogg if my car player supported it, but it doesn’t. Oh well. We can’t all be idealists all of the time!

By: N.O.D.

N.O.D. — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:30:16 +0000

I think the move to ogg is only worth when ripping your own CDs.
If I am not mistaken, by converting “legally acquired” MP3 files to ogg, you will only lose quality, right?
I’d rather keep my current collection in good quality then lose it just for the sake of using an open format

By: Jack Wallen

Jack Wallen — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:45:14 +0000

Doc: If my Fuze breaks I will replace it with another Fuze. I like them a lot. Manual EQ, simple interface, plug and play with ANY operating system, inexpensive, and removable microSD slot. what’s not to like?

By: Penguino

Penguino — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:42:37 +0000

In Ubuntu, sudo aptitude install soundconverter will do all the work. :)

By: Doc

Doc — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:52:48 +0000

What would you do if your Sansa Fuze breaks (wears out, etc.)? Are there that many OGG-capable PMPs out there? Would you have to convert them back to MP3 (at a loss in quality)?