Subject pages attached to craig:computer/music/encoders

1.	MP3Enc 3.1 MP3Enc, a command-line WAV and MP3 encoder, converts AIFF, AIFF-C, WAV/RIFF and raw PCM data files into WAV or MPEG Layer 3 (MP3) files. A new version of the famous L3Enc, MP3Enc allows you to adjust bitrate, sampling rate, and encoder bandwidth and quality. In addtion, stereo sound can be downmixed to mono. Note: This shareware version is not bundled with the decoder, and supports a 112kbps maximum bitrate. The registered version, which supports 128kbps and includes the decoder, costs $199 and is available here. URL: http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10080-108-31321.html?st.sw.toptenmp3.rl.dl
2.	FastEnc - Fraunhofer´s new fast mp3 encoder fast mp3 compliant encoder 10x realtime on a PIII 500 platform independent C-source code supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-2.5, i.e. sampling rates from 8 to 48 kHz supports the full bitrate range, i.e. bitrates from 8kbps to 320kbps supports variable rate encoding C-interface for easy integration URL: http://www.iis.fhg.de/amm/products/fastenc.html
3.	Music Match Jukebox [tutorials] [faq] Uses FHG FastEnc. Make your own CDs from your MP3s Turn your music collection into MP3s. Full version $20, Basic version free. URL: http://www.musicmatch.com/

The Ogg Vorbis CODEC project [FAQ] [doc]: Ogg Vorbis is a fully Open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for high quality (44.1-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel. This places Vorbis in the same class as audio representations including MPEG-1 audio layer 3, MPEG-4 audio (AAC and TwinVQ), and PAC.
URL: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/

Ogg Vorbis Encoder 1.0b4: Ogg Vorbis Encoder for Linux.
URL: http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/OggVorbisEncoder_linux/