problems converting MP3s to WAVs

[Michael Hipp]

Net Llama! wrote:
> On Fri, 27 May 2005, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
> 
>>Sorry, Lonnni, there seems to be consistency in the way the line from
>>mp3 to audio cd works:
>>cdrecord needs an input which is 16 bit, stereo, 44100 Hz, uncompressed
>>- usually a wav file. If it isn't, you have to make it like that. So, if
>>your mp3 is already 44100 Hz, you're nearly done with a simple mpg321
>>command. Otherwise, use a tool like sox or sndfile-resample (in the
>>libsamplerate package) to fix the wav.
>>Klaus
> 
> 
> That seems to be my problem.  All of the MP3s are 32bit, instead of 16.  I
> just scanned through the sox man page and didn't see anything obvious on
> how to convert from 32 to 16 bits.  grrr.

What about these options in sox?

-b/-w/-l/-d
The sample data size is in bytes, 16-bit words, 32-bit long words, or 64-bit 
double  long  (long  long) words.

Michael