TUTORIAL Converting MP3 Files to GSM with sox

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Out of the box, the PIAF version of sox cannot deal with MP3 file conversion. You'll need the version with the MP3 format library. Here's how to fix it...

Add rpmforge repo to PIAF:
Code:
rpm -Uvh http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm

Enable required rpmforge.repo:
Code:
enabled = 1 for [rpmforge-extras] in /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo

Install latest sox:
Code:
yum update sox

Disable rpmforge.repo:
Code:
enabled = 0 for [rpmforge] in /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo
enabled = 0 for [rpmforge-extras] in /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo

Convert mp3 to gsm:
Code:
sox anyfile.mp3 -r 8000 -c1 anyfile.gsm

Convert mp3 to wav:
Code:
sox anyfile.mp3 -r 8000 -c1 anyfile.wav
 

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