Command line tool for re-encoding MP3s?

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I've got an old and temperamental MP3 player which doesn't deal well with MP3s that have fancy things like a variable bit rate.

Is there a command line tool for Mac or Linux that I could use to re-encode MP3s so they have a fixed bitrate?

Charles Lindsay · Answer 1 · 2010-10-06 04:51:04Z

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For Linux, consider FFmpeg -- ffmpeg.org/

For Windows, Linux or OSX, use lame -- http://lame.sourceforge.net/

answered Oct 6 '10 at 4:51

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Nick · Answer 2 · 2010-10-06 04:41:11Z

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LAME is probably the best known name in the business, though it is a very advanced system and not for someone "new" to the command line.

answered Oct 6 '10 at 4:41

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	Most of the GUIs use lame in the back-end, so you get my vote for mentioning it. – Randolph West Oct 6 '10 at 4:42
	D'oh! I'd previously looked at lame, but for some reason I'd assumed that it only accepted WAV files. Thanks. – David Wolever Oct 6 '10 at 14:54

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internet · Answer 3 · 2010-10-06 05:05:08Z

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answered Oct 6 '10 at 5:05

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