[linux-audio-user] Re-encoding Stereo mp3's into Mono mp3's

[Guy Clotilde]

hi

On/le Sun, 8 Dec 2002 07:58:03 -0600
"Steven P. Ulrick" <spu at faith4miracle.org> wrote / a écrit quelque
chose comme:

> Hello, Everyone :)
> My question is, is it possible to take an already existing mp3 (128
> kBits, 44.1 kHZ, joint stereo) and re-encode it so that it is in
> mono(at 128 kBits of course).  (...)

you can try this:
lame -m m input.mp3 output.mp3

I never try it because I mainly translate 128 to 32 kbits mp3 (for music rehearsals) using this:
lame -m m -q0 -b32 input.mp3 output.mp3
-q0 is for best quality (slower) and -b32 for 32 kbits.
It really works very well.

Cheers.
Guy CLO~
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