Re: problem converting and writing mp3 to CD

["Benedict Verheyen" <linux4bene@pandora.be>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Griffiths" <john@capmon.com>
To: "Benedict Verheyen" <linux4bene@pandora.be>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: problem converting and writing mp3 to CD


> at a wild guess your cd writer is faster than your mp3 conversion.
it's a Benq 32x10x40

> in any event running 2 CPU heavy events, and one of them time critical (if
> the cd writer buffer empties you blow the burn) is not smart.
It's a script that i found on many sites though so that surprises me a bit.
(it's mentioned in TLDP: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO-3.html)

>
> At 01:05 AM 12/16/02 +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >i found a script to convert mp3 files and write them to disk:
> >#!/bin/sh
> >for I in *.mp3
> >do
> >   mpg123 --cdr - "$I" | cdrecord -audio -pad -nofix -
> >done
> >cdrecord -fix
> >
> >This resulted in a corrupt cd.
> >Converting them first to wav files did succeed however:
> >#!/bin/bash
> ># change spaces by underscores
> >for I in *.mp3;
> >  do mv "$I" `echo $I | tr ' ' '_'`;
> >done
> >
> ># convert from mp3 to wav
> >for I in *.mp3;
> >  do mpg123 -w `basename $I .mp3`.wav $I;
> >done
> >
> ># write to cd
> >cdrecord dev=0,0,0 -eject -pad -audio *.wav
> >
> ># del wav files
> >rm *.wav
> >
> >How come the first method doesn't work or was i just
> >a one time event?
> >
> >Thanks