Easiest free to use audio recode tool?

snowdog · 18 Jul 2007 at 01:23

In the sticky I see this list:

Code:

Audio Tools (CD Ripping/Recording/Editing etc):
ALL2LAME
Audacity
Audiograbber
Audio Recorder
AudioShell
BeSweet
BonkEnc
BroadWave
CD-DA X-Tractor
CDex
Cool Edit 96 (Read Note at bottom of webpage)
dBpowerAMP Music Converter
Encounter
Exact Audio Copy
Express Rip
Free Hi-Q Recorder
Germanix Transcoder
Gungirl Sequencer
GX Transcoder
HammerHead Rhythm Station
ID3-TagIT
Jesusonic
Kid3
K-MP3
KraMixer
KRISTAL Audio Engine
Lame MP3 Encoder
Lyrics Plugin
MediaMonkey
Merge MP3
MGTEK dopisp
MP3 Book Helper
MP3 CD Doctor Lite
mp3DirectCut
MP3Gain
MP3Tag
MP3 Tag Tools
MPtrim
MusicBrainz
musiCutter
orDrumbox
Snaptune One
SoundEngine Free
Streamripper
Switch Sound File Conversion
TagScanner
The GodFather
TigoTago
WavePad
winLAME

, this is so much however, I have no idea wich one to pick.
I want to covert 2 mp3's into .wav files as easy as possible, vista x64 compatible app please

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whitecrook · 18 Jul 2007 at 06:27

LAME

Lame is the best encoder decoder for MP3.

get it here

http://gabriel.mp3-tech.org/lame/x64/

Obviously you want the one with 64 in the name.

Simply put it in your path and type:

lame --decode name_of_mp3.mp3 name_of_output_wav.wav

Sit Back and watch the decode happen.

More 64bit utils linkage:

http://okejl.dk/dunstan/

jbloggs · 18 Jul 2007 at 12:34

ALL2LAME

snowdog · 19 Jul 2007 at 16:29

Converted with lame, can't seem to play it now, wmp gives no codec found error, winamp just freezes eating up 50 % of my cpu allowing me only to terminate its process and vlc plays it but no sound is coming, it only plays for 3 seconds b4 it stops again, no sound at all coming through, the original mp3 is 2.26 minutes and the .wav is 24 mb, whatsup with this?
How can I convert one of my songs to .wav, I want to use it as windows logon sound...

marc2003 · 19 Jul 2007 at 16:32

i didn't know lame could decode as well? you learn something new.....

try audacity though. that should work no problem. it's an editor so you open the mp3 file and you can use file>export as wav.

snowdog · 19 Jul 2007 at 16:57

marc2003 said:
i didn't know lame could decode as well? you learn something new.....

try audacity though. that should work no problem. it's an editor so you open the mp3 file and you can use file>export as wav.

Thank you ! Works perfectly now.
Odd tho, size is almost identical to the lame converted wav, just just off by 12 kb, yet the lame one doesn't work :confused:

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Ahwell never the less, I now got myself a .wav windows logon compatible sound

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whitecrook · 19 Jul 2007 at 18:07

snowdog said:
Thank you ! Works perfectly now.
Odd tho, size is almost identical to the lame converted wav, just just off by 12 kb, yet the lame one doesn't work .
Ahwell never the less, I now got myself a .wav windows logon compatible sound .

Out of Interest would you mind using this command on the file:

lame -t --decode input.mp3 output.wav

And let us know if that works cheers.

snowdog · 19 Jul 2007 at 18:49

whitecrook said:
Out of Interest would you mind using this command on the file:

lame -t --decode input.mp3 output.wav

And let us know if that works cheers.

Still unplayable.

whitecrook · 19 Jul 2007 at 19:25

Ahh well. Glad you got it working anyway.