[asterisk-users] Converting MP3 files to wav for Asterisk

[Thorsten Göllner]

Try to convert into gsm instead wav.

sox test.wav -r 8000 -c1 test.gsm

Am 03.03.2011 06:20, schrieb Timothy Smith:
> Hi,
>
> I am running a service where I play full songs but MP3 files kept on
> crashing my server. I resorted to wav but the quality is really poor
> after converting..or even sometimes not audible at all! Do you guys
> know of a better way I can convert mp3 to wav and restore quality?
> Below is the script I am using, I also  tried the steps at
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Convert+WAV+audio+files+for+use+in+Asterisk
> but it wasnt any better.
>
> ----------------------------
> #!/bin/bash
> for i in `ls $1/*mp3`
> do
> lame -a $i $i.wav
> mplayer   -quiet  -vo null  -vc dummy  -ao pcm:waveheader:file="$i.h.wav" $i.wav
> sox $i.h.wav -t raw -r 8000 -s -2 -c 1 `echo $i|sed "s/.mp3/.sln/"`
> done
> -----------------------------
>
> Any thoughts please?
>
> Regards,
> Tim
>
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