Saturday, February 18, 2006

Ipod and MP2

Have been wondering for some time why an mp3 file that I have wouldn't play on my Ipod. A quick check with xmms shows that the file is actually MPEG1, Layer 2 aka mp2 file. So encode it back to MPEG1, Layer 3 by using this command:

lame --mp2input --alt-preset extreme filename.mp3 anothername.mp3
- Not too sure about the mp2input command. Couldn't find a tutorial on converting mp2 to mp3 using lame. Saw the --mp2input option by running lame --longhelp. I guess it worked as the file is now playing properly on Ipod.

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