Goldwave (www.goldwave.com) has an option to extract the audio from an AVI file to wav audio. Use this option, save the results as a WAV file, then use an encoder to produce an MP3 file. Mind you, the audio in a lot of avi files is pretty bad, so the results may not sound much good.

Yes, ChatterBlocker MP3 is now available. This is a 60-minute recording of one custom mix of ChatterBlocker's audio output, suitable for playback on iPods and mp3 jukeboxes, as well as iTunes and other mp3 playback applications.

Yes, using a piece of software called a 'CD Ripper' - go to the Dukebox software page here. Make sure you are not infringing any copyright though.

Yes, if you get hold of the right piece of software and have a recordable CD-ROM player - go to the Dukebox software page here. Make sure you are not infringing any copyright first though.

Conventional WAV files are not compressed. For sound or music of any significant duration, WAV files are huge. The size of a normal good quality WAV file is very roughly 10MB per minute of sound or music, whereas that of the equivalent MP3 file is very roughly 1MB per minute. In other words, the MP3 file is very roughly one tenth of the size of the equivalent WAV file, with no discernible difference in quality.

MP3 is a highly compressed computer file format used for the storage and transmission of sound and music. MP3 is also called MPG3, MPG-3, MPG Level 3, MPG Level III, MPEG 3, etc. MP3 uses the same type of highly efficient and extremely clever fractal-based algorithms for compression as JPG does for photographs. Just as the JPG algorithms were designed specifically to compress photographs efficiently, so the MP3 algorithms were designed specifically to compress sound and music efficiently.

Select the Stereo Mix device or the equivalent from the device combo box on the skin, adjust the recording volume for the highest possible performance. You might see other devices, such as CD-Player or Microphone, in the recording panel, uncheck all non-essential devices, this cuts down background noise. Now start the playback of the Real one player or the stream audio from Internet and click the "Record" button in All Sound Recorder.

If you hear audio distortion when playing an .mp3 file, find the file Ctmp3.acm on your computer and rename it to Ctmp3.bak. The Player isn't fully compatible with the Ctmp3.acm file, which is a Creative PlayCenter MP3 decoder.

It is best to record your audio files as a .wav file. An .mp3 file is a .wav file in which some data has been discarded in order to reduce the file size. The computer chooses which data to discard based on what the listener will least notice. You might be able to “compress” an eroding.wav file into .mp3 format later on and end up with a reasonably good .mp3. However, because the .wav file has already lost so much when it was converted to .mp3, a further loss from the aging of an .

For fast and simple MP3 making we recommend AudioCatalyst, it allows you to take a CD, make a perfect digital copy on your hard drive, and transform that file into an MP3 file, all in a few simple steps. The Xing MP3 encoder that AudioCatalyst use is one of the world's fastest, but is not known for having excellent sound quality. It can encode into virtually every bitrate from 16kbps all the way up to 320kbps, and files can be saved using Vbr or a constant bitrate, with stereo or mono settings.

The archive is all about free access to information, so you should submit file formats that are easily downloadable and/or streamable for other site patrons. We prefer that you submit the highest quality file that you have available, and then we will attempt to create smaller file sizes and formats automatically with our deriver program.

Answer: An MP3 file is a file in digital audio format. The sound quality is almost as good as that of a CD. This type of file compresses music so it is smaller, which allows it to be downloaded faster.

Christian, More information will be released about the smartpen's audio format closer to launch. Hang tight, we are counting down with all of you. an educator in the elementary school level if I could I would have my whole class use the pens. Then I would have the perfect way to save samples of their writing without having to have the mounds of paper associated with collecting this.

Select the Stereo Mix device or the equivalent from the device combo box on the skin, adjust the recording volume for the highest possible performance. You might see other devices, such as CD-Player or Microphone, in the recording panel, uncheck all non-essential devices, this cuts down background noise. Now start the playback of the Real one player or the stream audio from Internet and click the "Record" button in Audio Mid Recorder.

Some avi files cannot be read properly. (The avi file may be read properly by installing the video codec compatible with the file.) Some AVI files may not be loaded correctly. In some cases, the avi file can be read properly by installing the video codec compatible with the file.

Note: Replace with the .3gp file name without the .3pg extension and with the .avi file name of your choice. Eg. “3gptorawavi Video1 -o Video2″ Note: A bit of experimentation shows that, on XP anyway, 3gpToRawAvi won’t work if it’s folder, or any of it’s parent folders have a space in the name.

The synchronization result of video and audio is highly depend on the computer performance. Please quit all other programs including any background jobs during conversion. Sometimes, the streaming audio in flash movie will cause the out of sync problem. To get the best result, we suggest to change the streaming sound to event sound, and disable the "Audio Streaming" setting in the Publish Setting Dialog Box when you export flash to swf.

During the conversion, please quit all other programs including any background jobs in order to get the best conversion result.

If you want to generate an AVI similar to those found on an enhanced CD pop single then you must be very careful about the size of the compressed video and the codec you choose. As whilst playback from a powerful machine (for example a 1GHz Pentium III) maybe seamless, a modest 166MHz may have problems. Also, you must use a general codec that is shipped as standard on most operating systems, to guaranty play back (for example Indeo or Cinepak).

I would really like to have sound clips of every artist I feature on these pages too, but the problem is that it isn't legal (and even if the risk of getting caught is slim, I don't want risk getting in trouble). For the sound clips you'll find here, I have full permission from the original artist/writer, who also holds all the rights to the song.