Name

lame — stdin  stdout  - file  -- opt  --help  --version

Synopsis

lame [options] file.wav 

The lame command converts a WAV audio file (say, song.wav) into an MP3 file:

$ lame song.wav song.mp3

It has over 100 options to control bit rate, convert other formats, add ID3 tags, and much more.

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