Re: mp3 encoder

[Chris Kloiber <chris_kloiber suth com>]

Shane Sturrock wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for an mp3 encoder which compiles on the alpha, I've got
> everything else working (cdparanoia, mpg123 running through a soundblaster
> 16) but the only encoder I get (bladeenc) doesn't seem to work (complains
> that .wav files end unexpectedly).
> 
> Oh, and what is the problem with the alphalinux web site and NS3.0?  I
> just get the page up and nothing else works, even scrolling the screen
> it just goes black.
> 
> Dr. Shane Sturrock - http://nova.bru.ed.ac.uk/~sss
> Linux, a better WinNT than WinNT

Encoder? no. But I know Ryan Tucker got Freeamp to compile on my Alpha.
(He did have to fix one of the .h files to do it.) Freeamp runs great
(even on a 166 Multia!) and uses less CPU than mpg123. I think he made a
binary .rpm, but you gotta ask him.

Chris Kloiber