Questions tagged [mp3]
The mp3 format is a digital audio encoding format which is commonly used in the consumer market for storage and playback of digital music.
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How to download an MP3 track from a YouTube video
There are several Q&A threads that explain how to download youtube videos using the terminal.
However, I would also like to learn how to extract the video's soundtracks as MP3 files--also using ...
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How can I convert audio from MP4 or FLV video files to mp3?
Is there an application that allows me to extract the audio from a MP4 or FLV video file and store it as an MP3 file for use in a portable media player?
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How to convert a m4a sound file to mp3?
I tried to convert an .m4a file to an .mp3 file using ffmpeg with the following command:
$ ffmpeg -i music.m4a music.mp3
Unfortunately, I got a zero byte-sized file returned as output. The output of ...
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Convert mp3 file to wav? using the command line?
I have an Mp3 file i need to convert to .wav to be able to import it into a voice changer program.
How do I do this using the command line?
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How to download youtube videos as a best quality audio mp3 using youtube-dl [duplicate]
I want to download YouTube videos as mp3 files in its best quality. The below code helps to download youtube videos as m4a but not us mp3
youtube-dl -f bestaudio --audio-quality 0 --audio-format mp3 ...
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How to read mp3 tags in shell?
Is there a way to read the mp3 tags of a file from the shell? Something like:
mp3tags MyFile.mp3 author should output the author-tag of an mp3-file.
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How can I split a mp3 file?
I have a big mp3 file which comes from ripping a full CD. I would like to split it into one file per song. It will be great to find a software that can split the file automatically, detecting the ...
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How to normalize sound in mp3 files
I am looking for a way to normalize the sound in MANY MP3 files I have. Some have low sound, while others are louder so I have to turn the volume up or down depending on the song. What ways are there ...
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How do I convert an MP4 to an MP3? [duplicate]
I have some songs which are in mp4 format and I want to convert them into mp3 format.
I am new to Ubuntu/Linux. So please explain the step by step process or give any software which can do the above ...
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bulk/batch convert mp3 files to ogg via command line?
is it possible to convert mp3 to ogg via command line?
I'd like to just in a bulk swoop convert my mp3 files to ogg so i can play them in firefox without any issues.
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How to find the bitrate of an mp3 file via command line?
What is the terminal command that can used to find the bitrate of an mp3 file?
Is there any other option available other than mpg321 -t name.mp3?
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How to extract the audio from an mp4 video to a mp3 file? [duplicate]
I'd like to extract the audio from an mp4 video. Is there a software for Ubuntu, which does the job?
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Need a MP3 ID3 tagger, and cover fetcher
I need to tag my MP3 library, and have tried kid3 (which was manual tagging), when I used Kubuntu 9.10 (I now use Ubuntu Meerkat) Here are the features I am hoping for:
A good and clean UI.
Tagging ...
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How can I extract audio track from video file and save it as MP3? [duplicate]
What is the easiest way to extract an audio track from a video file and save it as an MP3 file?
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How can I fix incorrect mp3 duration?
I have a number of songs in my Music library that display incorrect duration values, and so play only partially in Clementine. In Banshee and some other players they show different duration values and ...
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Convert library of WMA tracks to MP3's?
I know there are options such as Sound Converter for doing them one track or directory at a time, but are there any tools that will recursively crawl through a directory's subdirectories and convert ...
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converting aac to mp3 via command line
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Is there some cli tool to convert aac files from the iTunes Store (no DRM) to mp3?
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MP3 to MP3
I installed libavcodec-unstripped-52 and get a little further.
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How to split an mp3 file by detecting silent parts?
I have a big mp3 file including more songs. Is there any way to split the file by detecting silent parts? I would prefer a command line tool (e.g. ffmpeg).
Tried:
youtube-dl --ignore-errors --format ...
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What packages do I install for ffmpeg and libmp3lame?
On my desktop Ubuntu 10.4 I use ffmpeg to convert videos to a format my dvd-player understands. On my laptop running 10.10 I can't get the same command to work, what package(s) are missing?
ffmpeg -i ...
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Is there a music player like Winamp? [duplicate]
I'm looking for a music player similar to Winamp.
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Any ubuntu tool to edit tag in mp3 files in group
Is there any tool in ubuntu to edit tag information in mp3 files in group?
For example, I want to set all the files in a directory with the same album name or artists. How can I do that?
I find '...
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How do I enable MP3 preview?
Just upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10 and Nautilus no longer previews MP3 files when I hover over them.
Another PC that's been running 11.10 for a while also experienced this after the latest update
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How do I make k3b burn an audio CD with MP3 files?
How do I make k3b burn an audio CD with MP3 files? Right now it's demanding I only feed it WAVs, of all things.
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How can I compress an mp3 file?
I used to download a program in windows that used lame to compress audio of mp3 files and made them smaller in size but I don't know how to do this in Ubuntu.
Does anybody know anything about this?
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How to convert wav to ogg and mp3 using VBR
How to convert wav to ogg and to mp3 with VBR and excellent end quality?
If possible, using soundconverter or ffmpeg.
Incidentally, I tried to see whether soundconverter uses VBR and there is ...
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Unknown ERROR from Startup Disk Creator
I don't understand this error from the Startup Disk Creator:
org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.AttributeError: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/service.py", ...
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My Rhythmbox not playing mp3
After installing Ubuntu Mate, Rhythmbox not importing mp3 files from music folder. and when I tried to play mp3 files, It wont play.
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How can I detect the BPM (beats per minute) of a song?
For some activities such as running it is important to know how many BPM a song has. I know that Banshee can do this but I couldn't figure out how to do this for a selected range of songs.
Which tool ...
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How to make a playlist from a directory of mp3 files?
How do you make a universal playlist from a directory of mp3 files?
This question came up as my wife is a musician (violinist) and she has a gig, and the DJ at the event will be playing her ...
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How can I change the default music player?
Using Ubuntu 11.10. I have MP3 files. When I double-click an MP3 file, I would like VLC to open (not Banshee). How can I do this?
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How to improve the sound quality of an mp3 speech file?
I have an old mp3 recording of a talk once given by me (recorded by an old-fashioned MP3-player). It has too low voice, too much noise, and too much crackling. Is there an application with which I can ...
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Rhythmbox doesn't add/import MP3s from ~/Music on Ubuntu Gnome 15.04
I just installed Ubuntu Gnome 15.04, all my music is located in /home/user/Music/, e.g. /home/user/Music/Back to The Future.
I run Rhythmbox and try to import all MP3s to the player, but nothing ...
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How to use Ffmpeg to convert wma to mp3 recursively, importing from txt file?
I tried different options from forums, but most of them are out of date (ffmpeg tells me about it, like with -sameq option). Im trying to understand the docs, but I can't.
I want to know how to ...
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Adding ReplayGain tags
I have been always using FooBar2000 to add ReplayGain tags to my music library (consisting of .mp3 or .ogg files). On my new computer I would like to avoid installing Wine for just this task.
Are ...
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Convert mp3 to ogg?
I want to convert my entire music library to ogg format from mp3. while keeping the folder/file format I have under music and keep the tags that are on them.
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App that will rip mp3s from an analog cassette tape?
I have a few audio cassette tapes from the 1980s :)
The albums were never released on CD, and to prevent any more deterioration and from losing the songs forever I wanted to rip the tapes to mp3. ...
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How can I generate an M3U playlist (http URL format) from the terminal?
I'd like to generate a M3U playlist for a directory containing mp3 files on my server from the terminal. Since I'd like to ensure that every player will be able to stream those files I'd like to ...
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How to remove last 4 seconds of MP3 file?
I have a set of MP3 files that I would like to remove the last 4 seconds. I know that if I know the time duration of each file I can do:
ffmpeg -t ${1} -i inputfilename -acodec copy -vcodec copy ...
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How to convert .m4a audio files to .mp3 use command line?
How to convert .m4a audio files to .mp3 command line? (with no deterioration in quality, if possible). Ubuntu 16.04LTS
media info:
General
Complete name : show.m4a
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How to add ID3 "cover art" by command line?
I need to add ID3 cover art to some MP3 files.
I need a command line tool (no GUI) but it seems that neither id3 nor id3v2 tools can do it.
Any hint?
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How to play MP3 files using Rhythmbox? [duplicate]
Yesterday I just installed the Ubuntu 12.04 for the first time, the problem is that I can't play and of the MP3 files that I have.
I get this error:
Required plugin could not be found Python (...
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Lame - How to re-encode all 320kbps mp3 to 192kbps mp3
As per title. I have lots of MP3s in 320kbps format that I need to convert to 192kbps. Currently I'm using lame --mp3input -b 192 which creates a file of the same name but with an extra .mp3 extension....
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ID3 Tag editor for 13.04 & later [duplicate]
I have found some ID3 tag editor in the web but unfortunately they are no longer available in 13.04 repository. Can anyone give me some recommendation for an ID3 Tag editor program? I need features ...
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Converting WEBM to MP3
I'm aware there are a couple of other questions here related to this, but the answers provided don't seem to work.
I'm trying to convert a webm to mp3 with avconv. Here's how I tried to do it:
$ ls
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What does Banshee need to recognize an audio book?
I do have a few audio books, but Banshee doesn't recognize them.
What prerequisites have the files to meet to be recognized by Banshee as an audio book?
Is it a one or more mp3 tags or a special ...
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Convert youtube to mp3 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Downloading a youtube video
How to download an MP3 track from a YouTube video
Is there any app like the one from DVDvideosoft but for linux to download and convert videos to ...
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What application do the same what shazam or soundhound does on android?
What application do the same what shazam or soundhound does on android?
Shazam for windows and MacOs, I don't like wine, plus it is commercial. You can verify about 2-5 songs and must pay to continue....
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Rhythmbox playing without sound
I have a clean 12.04 install.
Imported my mp3's (from a windows share) into Rhythmbox and although they do appear to be playing no sounds is to be heard. Playing a radio-stream works just fine. ...
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Music Manager that can properly see ID3 ratings tags and synchronize with Android
From my Windows music manager programs (either MediaMonkey or Windows Media Player) I could set song ratings in a way that the ratings set from either program could be also read from the other one. ...
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What Does Totem's Thumbnailer Do with MP3s?
I copied a ton of MP3s onto a USB stick tonight and noticed:
I couldn't umount because totem-video-thumbnailer was busy processing the MP3s and
Each file was taking forever to process and
No network ...
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