Linux apps to convert music files to MP3

[Jim]

Richard Shaw wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>   
>> Does Linux have any Appa for converting music files to MP3 to play on Ipods.
>>     
>
> You'll need to install a 3rd party repo like rpmfusion[1] and install
> lame. Personally I installed RockBox[2] on my Ipod 4G and use ogg
> audio files instead.
>
> Richard
>
> [1] http://rpmfusion.org/
> [2] http://www.rockbox.org/
>
>   
I picked this up off the internet about Lame;


/Lame/

In the great history of GNU naming, LAME stands for LAME Ain't an Mp3 
Encoder. LAME is not an mp3 encoder. It is a GPL'd patch against the 
dist10 ISO demonstration source. LAME is totally incapable of producing 
an mp3 stream. It is incapable of even being compiled by itself. You 
need the ISO source for this software to work. The ISO demonstration 
source is also freely available, but any commercial use (including 
distributing free encoders) may require a license agreement from FhG 
(Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Germany).