[GRLUG] mp3 encoding in Debian

[john-thomas richards]

On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 11:45:28AM -0400, David Pembrook wrote:
> without compiling lame?
> 
> john-thomas richards wrote:
> >On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 09:05:48PM -0400, David Pembrook wrote:
> >  
> >>I've been trying to get a Debian setup ripping to mp3 to no avail. I can 
> >>rip just fine to ogg but I have an extensive mp3 collection already and 
> >>have no desire to switch formats. apt and google have been no help lol.. 
> >>I've got "jack" and "abcde" working fine with ogg, I prefer jack so far. 
> >>Any thoughts?

Yes, without compiling lame abcde will encode to mp3.  Lame must be
installed, however.  Why did you have to compile it?  Which Debian
version are you running?
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john-thomas
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