Some MP3 encoders fail to create the proper file headers when encoding variable bit rate MP3 files. When that happens, the song length displayed will often be be incorrect when playing the song back. One of the ways this can be handled is by adding a Xing header to the MP3 file. One tool that’s …
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I recently got a new TV that allows me to stream audio and video from my computer to the TV. I tend to archive music from CD’s I’ve purchased in FLAC format. Unfortunately, FLAC is not one of the formats supported by my TV. I decided to write a little script to convert my music …
Continue reading Batch Converting Audio With GStreamerOne of the older posts on this site shows how to resample MP3 files on Linux with LAME. One of the problems with that process is that the MP3 tags are not maintained when resampling, so I had to work around the issue by copying certain tags from the original files to the new files. …
Continue reading How To Resample Audio Files With GStreamerIf you’ve ever been a KDE user, you are probably familiar with the Amarok music player. Perhaps you prefer GNOME over KDE but you really prefer Amarok over the music players normally offered in GNOME. You could always go ahead and install Amarok, but it brings along a ton of KDE dependencies. Good news! There …
Continue reading Juice Your Music With ClementineRockBox is a free and open source firmware available for several different digital music players. Stable releases are available for the following music players: Apple: iPod 1g through 5.5g, iPod Mini and iPod Nano 1g Archos: Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM Recorder, Recorder V2 and Ondio Cowon: iAudio X5, X5V, X5L, M5, M5L, M3 …
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