problems converting MP3s to WAVs

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 24 May 2005, Tim Wunder wrote:
> On 5/24/2005 3:07 PM, I believe that Net Llama! wrote:
> > I've got a bunch of MP3s that I want to convert to WAVs so that I can make
> > audio CDs.  I'm running into an annoying problem where I either end up
> > with a WAV that doesn't match the criteria needed to create an audio CD
> > (cdrecord barfs with the error "Inappropriate audio coding") or the WAV is
> > encoded at 2x speed of the MP3 (and burns to the CD fine, but sounds like
> > the chipmunks).
> >
> > The commands i've used are as follows:
> > mpg321 -r 44100 --stereo -w track01.wav track01.mp3
> > 	^ this one gives me the WAVs that won't burn
> >
> > mpg321 -b 10000 -s file.mp3 | sox -t raw -r 44100 -s -w -c2 - file.wav
> > 	^ this one gives me the WAVs that are 2x fast
> >
> > Anyone have any suggestions?
> >
>
> Never tried it before, but a bit of googling found:
> "To create a CD-R from a whole bunch of MP3-files, you can use the
> following command sequence:
>
> for I in *.mp3
> do
>      mpg123 --cdr - "$I" | cdrecord -audio -pad -nofix -
> done
> cdrecord -fix
>
> Depending on the speed of your machine, you may want to slow down
> writing to "speed=1" (cdrecord option). If you use "speed=4", your
> machine must be able to play the MP3-file at quadruple speed. mpg123
> consumes much CPU-time! If you are in doubt, try an empty run with
> -dummy (keeps the laser switched off). "
>
> Taken from http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2

Thanks, but no dice.  Using the above command, at speed=1 resulted in a CD
filled with tracks that were nothing but white noise.  *sigh*

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