[PLUG] Convert .wav to .mp3 in Slackware 14.2

[Dick Steffens]

On 3/4/19 9:50 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Mar 2019, Dick Steffens wrote:
>
>> There are only two things I can think of, and neither is quick and easy.
>>
>> 1. Scan the liner notes. The biggest problem here is the size of an 
>> LP cover. Not too many home or office scanners have a big enough bed 
>> for that. You'd probably have to do at least two scans and blend them 
>> with the GIMP or similar.
>>
>> 2. Transcribe the liner notes. Also not a quick process, but has the 
>> advantage of letting you collect only the information you want.
>
> Dick,
>
> Those are the options I considered.
>
>> If you discover a better way I'll be interested in what you come up 
>> with.
>
> I'm going to contact some folks who might know of a source of such
> information in a digital format. The folks at KMHD may have some ideas 
> and a
> few of the local volunteers (Scott Ferris of Thursday evening's 'Deep
> Groove' runs a record store) might know of a compendium we could tap.

Sounds promising.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens