[TriLUG] Re: wav to mp3

[Ralph Blach]

Thanks to everyone for there assistance

Chip

Brian A. Henning wrote:
> Try this, although it may not be the most efficent:
> 
> % dd bs=1 cbs=1 count=<desired_size_in_bytes> if=the.file.you.have
> of=the.file.clipped
> 
> According to the dd manpage, bs=1 should force dd to read and write 1 byte
> at a time, and cbs=1 should force dd to convert 1 byte at a time..  To me
> this seems redundant; cbs=1 might not be necessary.
> 
> Clearly I'm no expert on this; I'm just feeling chatty and I happen to be
> near my mailbox. :-)
> 
> Okay, just tried it on a small test file, and it appears to work!
> 
> HTH.
> 
> Cheers,
> ~Brian
>