Convert MP3 audio files to WAVE?

[oldlobo]

Have been trying to burn some audio files in the mp3 format to a cd using K3B but each time i get the following:- Problems while adding file to project.

Details:-
Unable to handle the following files due to an unsupported format.

So could anyone tell me how i might convert mp3 audio files to wave please.

[Nok]

Hi there oldlobo.

Clicking on "new audio cd project" and dragging and dropping mp3's into the box works here every time. Do you have other files besides mp3's in the folder?

[oldlobo]

Hello nok.

I have a Pink Floyd album "Obscured by Clouds" in the mp3 file format sitting in my Home folder. When i do open k3b, i click on "new audio cd project" and then i am informed that there were problems adding file to the project and when i click on Details for more info and then i am informed: Unable to handle the following files due to unsupported format.

So i installed Audacity to convert the mp3 file to a .wav file but i still can't get it right as Audacity keeps on crashing as soon as i try and load the file? 

[menotu]

If it's just converting the files in a folder I think I'd use pacpl 

Then, in Dolphin, it's a simple matter of right clicking the selected files and choosing

Actions > PACPL-Convert > and choose preferred output option.

You'll then be presented with an option for which folder the converted files will be placed and also things like bit-rate etc

As pacpl presents a big list to convert to I always open

Dolphin > Settings > Configure Dolphin > Services

and (after scrolling down) untick all the file formats I know I'll never convert to and that way the list becomes much shorter.

[Nok]

oldlobo. I think there may be a problem with your mp3 files. Have you tried it with a different album? Will the Pink Floyd album play in VLC or another media player?

[Linuzoid]

oldlobo. I think there may be a problem with your mp3 files. Have you tried it with a different album? Will the Pink Floyd album play in VLC or another media player?

Yea, I think so too. I use Audacity to convert and adjust mp3 files all the time, and I've never encountered any problem like this.

[oldlobo]

Yes there was somerhing wrong with the file so i downloaded another and now it loads in Audacity and i can even listen to it play.

But i still can't get it to convert from mp3 to wav?

Does anyone know the proper steps please?

[blarney]

http://www.ehow.com/how_5100942_convert-mp-wav-linux.html

[daniel]

One of our house script can do this work...

Description

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A Simple Audio Converter, convert wav, flac, mp3, ogg, or aac.
Based on gtkdialog, and yad, and use ffmpeg.
Search in synaptic for PCLinuxOS-Converter...

[Tony]

oldlobo, I use Audacious as a Sound Player.

I know if you search in Synaptic for Audacious many Codecs lay below it in the list which will help if installed I'm certain, as I've had similar problem years ago.

audacious-codec-cdaudio
audacious-codec-flac
audacious-codec-mp4
audacious-codec-mpeg
audacious-codec-oggvorbis
audacious-plugins

Audacious is a simple but very good music player.

To answer your main question I often record with Audacity, with a Mic.

Since installing Audacious, and the codecs above I can save /export to most Audio Formats.
I prefer .FLAC for my recordings as of the greater sound quality.

Just a thought 

[Linuzoid]

O.K this is what I did to convert an mp3 to wave. I opened the mp3 in Audacity and clicked on File>Export then on the bar below on the Export file window, I changed it from mp3 to WAV (microsoft) signed 16 bit PCM.

[menotu]

One of our house script can do this work...

Description

Code: [Select]

A Simple Audio Converter, convert wav, flac, mp3, ogg, or aac.
Based on gtkdialog, and yad, and use ffmpeg.
Search in synaptic for PCLinuxOS-Converter...

+1

I've never been able to convert more than one file at a time but it does work well for one file at a time.

audiokonverter is also quite useful.

[blarney]

Simplest way using the command line is to cd to the directory and use mpg123

To convert bach.mp3 to bach.wav you'd type:-

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mpg123 -w bach.wav bach.mp3
To convert all mp3's to wav in one directory

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for i in *.mp3; do mpg123 -w "`basename "$i" .mp3`".wav "$i"; done
Cheers,
Blarney

[T6]

well, to burn the songs from mp3 to track format, not wav format(in a audio cd the songs are not wav files exactly), you can use brasero, k3b is temperamental as you see

to convert the songs from mp3 to wav, the previous suggestions are excellent

the simplest could be soundkonverter because audacity will make you open one file and then convert it

if you have 10 files you will have to do it 10 times but if you are like me, you probably will try to edit the file first so this could be useful

vlc can also convert files from one format to another so if you like vlc you could find this option useful

[cloydszcky90]

Have been trying to burn some audio files in the mp3 format to a cd using K3B but each time i get the following:- Problems while adding file to project.

Details:-
Unable to handle the following files due to an unsupported format.

So could anyone tell me how i might convert mp3 audio files to wave please.

Hey buddy,actually you dont have to download or purchase any converter tools to convert mp3 to wav,you can convert audio online at http://convertaudioonline.com/ its free!