Linux apps to convert music files to MP3

[john wendel]

Jim wrote:
> 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).
> 
> 

Ignore this, don't believe everything you read on the internet.

Install lame and read the man page.

Regards,

John