Posts Tagged ‘MP3’
Transcode/Convert Videos for Cowon J3/S9 using Mencoder on Command Line
There are many programs around for converting or transcoding videos, but I find GUI tools can sometimes be a lot of clicking to get the job done. The command line is ideal for this task as in one line we can transcode and resize/resample any video we want. The real power, however, is when we add this to a script to start automating the work for us. In this example I have used the Mencoder tool which is part of Mplayer program but there are others such as ffmpeg and transcode (Linux only). I also believe Avidemux can be used on the command line as well.
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Having finally migrated my main computer over to Windows 7, due to issues with my graphics card I encountered with Ubuntu Lucid, I noticed an issue with Windows Media Player not being able to correctly identify some of my music in my collection.
This issue is also there when using Windows Explorer to view the music files. Its seems that some MP3′s and M4a’s (AAC) do not show any ID3 information. I know this information is there as its works perfectly with Rhythmbox on Ubuntu, or even Songbird on Windows but its seems that Windows has an issue with some files.
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