Re: (idm) mp3's

From Chris Cykana
Sent Thu, May 28th 1998, 17:25



        I was wondering if any of you could recommend a good=20
and fast MP3 encoding program(.wav to MP3). I downloaded=20
one but the bugger took over an hour to do a 5 minute=20
track......seems way too long considering I'm on a pentium
200. Don't worry about me copying obscure Autechre mixes=20
and putting them up on my page or anything. I just=20
want to do a couple of my own tracks so ya'll can hear them

I believe the fastest mp3 encoder, MP3 Compressor, was taken offline =
because of some copyright infringment stink with the company that =
developed the codec it used. There's another encoder called MPEG Layer-3 =
Producer Professional, but it's like 400 dollars US, and is a bit slower =
than Compressor. I use mpeg Encoder, which is slow as hell, but it gets =
the job done. And it's supposedly the only freeware encoder that's =
legal. So I think unless you can get a copy of MP3 Compressor somehow, =
you're gonna be stuck waiting forever to get your tracks done. BTW, I =
found all this out at =
http://www.aznet.net/~chovy/music/recording/encode_mp3.html

        =09
        Chris