[linux-audio-user] Converting streaming Ogg into MP3 in real-time

Any thoughts? With the Democaster http://dowire.org/wiki/Democaster protoype we automatically convert Ogg to MP3 and vice versa for our _on-demand_ archives (something we use with Icecast2). I need to know more about the capacity issues with real-time conversion. What is the best way to do this in both real-time and/or for on-demand files? Our project's goal is to make local community public meetings and events accessible while also using non-proprietary/open source or free to use software to the greatest extent possible. We have to use MP3 to make the audio accessible for now. As we bring on some community groups to use the system with little technical savvy, I'd like to say, encode in Ogg (Winamp w/Oddcast) and we will do the rest. Sending community group representatives to secondary site to download LAME encoders is something that may scare them away. Cheers, Steven Clift Steven Clift - http://publicus.net - Reply to: clift(a)publicus.net Join DoWire: http://dowire.org E-Democracy: http://e-democracy.org