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The mp3 format is a digital audio encoding format which is commonly used in the consumer market for storage and playback of digital music.

MPEG-2 Audio Layer III (MP3) is a lossy compression format for digital audio. It is the most popular format for digital music today. MP3 files can be encoded from CDs, but an increasingly common source is the internet. The rise of online music markets (as well as torrents and file sharing programs) has made obtaining MP3 files much easier and cheaper than in the past.

Popular MP3 playback programs on Ubuntu are Banshee, Rhythmbox and Clementine. These programs will usually support a variety of audio formats, and also have the ability to sync with MP3 players and other mobile devices capable of playing audio.

With the addition of the appropriate libavcodec-extra package encoding to MP3 as well as ripping audio cds to MP3 is also possible using avconv, vlc, lame, abcde amongst many others.

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How to download an MP3 track from a YouTube video

There are several Q&A threads that explain how to download youtube videos using the terminal. However, I would also like to learn how to extract the video's soundtracks as MP3 files--also using only the terminal. Answers briefly explaining how to…
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How can I convert audio from MP4 or FLV video files to mp3?

Is there an application that allows me to extract the audio from a MP4 or FLV video file and store it as an MP3 file for use in a portable media player?
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How to convert a m4a sound file to mp3?

I tried to convert an .m4a file to an .mp3 file using ffmpeg with the following command: $ ffmpeg -i music.m4a music.mp3 Unfortunately, I got a zero byte-sized file returned as output. The output of the command is as follows: FFmpeg version…
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Convert mp3 file to wav? using the command line?

I have an Mp3 file i need to convert to .wav to be able to import it into a voice changer program. How do I do this using the command line?
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How to download youtube videos as a best quality audio mp3 using youtube-dl

I want to download YouTube videos as mp3 files in its best quality. The below code helps to download youtube videos as m4a but not us mp3 youtube-dl -f bestaudio --audio-quality 0 --audio-format mp3…
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How to read mp3 tags in shell?

Is there a way to read the mp3 tags of a file from the shell? Something like: mp3tags MyFile.mp3 author should output the author-tag of an mp3-file.
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How can I split a mp3 file?

I have a big mp3 file which comes from ripping a full CD. I would like to split it into one file per song. It will be great to find a software that can split the file automatically, detecting the start and the end of each song. Extra background: I…
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How to normalize sound in mp3 files

I am looking for a way to normalize the sound in MANY MP3 files I have. Some have low sound, while others are louder so I have to turn the volume up or down depending on the song. What ways are there to do this for all files. I specially would like…
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How do I convert an MP4 to an MP3?

I have some songs which are in mp4 format and I want to convert them into mp3 format. I am new to Ubuntu/Linux. So please explain the step by step process or give any software which can do the above job.
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How to find the bitrate of an mp3 file via command line?

What is the terminal command that can used to find the bitrate of an mp3 file? Is there any other option available other than mpg321 -t name.mp3?
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bulk/batch convert mp3 files to ogg via command line?

is it possible to convert mp3 to ogg via command line? I'd like to just in a bulk swoop convert my mp3 files to ogg so i can play them in firefox without any issues.
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How to extract the audio from an mp4 video to a mp3 file?

I'd like to extract the audio from an mp4 video. Is there a software for Ubuntu, which does the job?
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How can I extract audio track from video file and save it as MP3?

What is the easiest way to extract an audio track from a video file and save it as an MP3 file?
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Need a MP3 ID3 tagger, and cover fetcher

I need to tag my MP3 library, and have tried kid3 (which was manual tagging), when I used Kubuntu 9.10 (I now use Ubuntu Meerkat) Here are the features I am hoping for: A good and clean UI. Tagging should be automatic, like Winamp's autotag…
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Convert library of WMA tracks to MP3's?

I know there are options such as Sound Converter for doing them one track or directory at a time, but are there any tools that will recursively crawl through a directory's subdirectories and convert all WMA's to MP3's? I basically would like to let…
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