There is also nothing stopping anyone writing a plugin opcode
using lame or the like; It just can't be distributed with the
Csound package, but he/she can always provide it as a separate
download from somewhere.

Victor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Redfern" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 7:22 PM
Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Re: MP3 support..


> You could write a python/csound program that could take the wav output
> from csound and pass it through lame from the command line to convert
> into mp3.
>
> Once you're using python along with csound you can use python to call
> other programs.
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:16 AM, David  wrote:
>> Audacity doesn't directly include support for MP3 files, but on their
>> download page (audacity.sourceforge.net), there's a link to another
>> site where you can download the dll for the "LAME MP3 encoder". You
>> have to install it separately and then "tell" Audacity where to find
>> the library by going into Preferences and entering the name of the
>> directory where it was installed, but once you've done that, you can
>> export files in MP3 format. I guess that's their way of absolving
>> themselves of all legal responsibility. I'm not a lawyer, though; I
>> don't know if it would hold up in court.
>>
>> David.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Rory Walsh  wrote:
>>> Isn't there already ogg vorbis support? The latest version of
>>> libsndfile has it, thanks mainly to John ffitch, so I'm assuming it
>>> made it's way into Csound. Unfortunately for most of my students their
>>> ipod and personal music players don't play ogg vorbis. Personally I've
>>> no need for mp3 support. I was just curious to know how other open
>>> source software have support for it when there seems to be licensing
>>> issues.
>>>
>>> Rory.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2009/2/13 Brian Redfern :
>>>> It would have to be coded, but it would be possible for a coder to add
>>>> ogg support to csound. The problem with mp3 is that its patent
>>>> encumbered.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Brian Redfern 
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>> This could be done with ogg vorbis instead of mp3 because ogg is an
>>>>> open source compression format.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Rory Walsh  wrote:
>>>>>> I'm always getting asked by students if they can load mp3 files into
>>>>>> function tables or read them with diskin/soundin. I know the answer 
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> no but I'm wondering why. I know there are licensing issues but how
>>>>>> does other software get around this? Audacity uses LAME for it mp3
>>>>>> support. I know there is no support for it from libsndfile. I'm just
>>>>>> curious.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rory.
>>>>>>
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