problems converting MP3s to WAVs

[Michael Hipp]

Net Llama! wrote:
> On 05/24/2005 05:56 PM, Michael Hipp wrote:
> 
>> Net Llama! wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 24 May 2005, Michael Hipp wrote:
>>>
>>>> Could you just use sox to convert it directly mp3->wav? It's what I've
>>>> always used, tho I'm usually going in the opposite direction.
>>>
>>>
>>> Just tried that:
>>> sox -r 44100 -s -w -c2 "Hitchhiker'sGuideEpisode-09.mp3"
>>> "Hitchhiker'sGuideEpisode-09.wav"
>>>
>>> I'm still getting the 'Inappropriate audio coding" error from cdrecord.
>>> I'm guessing i'm not using the correct options somewhere.  *sigh*
>>
>>
>> Would it help to convert to CDDA instead of WAV since CDDA is what 
>> audio CDs use natively?
> 
> 
> How do I convert to CDDA?

Well, I was thinking that sox knew how to do cdda, but the man page only talks 
about cdr. I don't know if that's the same or not but it might be worth a look.

A Google for 'cdda linux' turns up lots of stuff.

Michael