Need Help Decompressing Mp3s

[kopykat]

Hi all,
Im trying to decompress mp3s I have using EAC and I get an error saying: "The following files are uncompressed 44.1 kHz stereo WAVs ! - No files to process ! "
Anyone know what im doing wrong and how i can convert these to wav files?
thanks.

[Pookie]

Sounds like they already are .WAV files, but were given .mp3 extensions.

[kopykat]

I doubt it, the file sizes are only a few mb and the track is a few minutes, sounds pretty good too.

[Pookie]

http://www.guerillasoft.co.uk/ and download encspot to ensure you have mp3s
make sure you copy the licensing info - he's released it as freeware http://www.guerillasoft.co.uk/encspot/encspotprolicense.txt

That's a prett handy app. Right click on a file inside the program for additional options


To actually decode:
Razorlame will do it - a front end to lame.exe

http://www.dors.de/razorlame/index.php

or, ffmpeg.exe

ffmpeg -i file.mp3 -vn -acodec pcm_s16le -ar 44100 -ac 2 -y output.wav

[kopykat]

you sort of helped me figure out the problem... hehe...
when i was running EncSpot i noticed it wouldnt show me the mp3s i was browsing too... the reason was cause they were inside a folder named in hebrew and not in english. after i changed the folder and file name from hebrew to english everything worked out.
thank you.

[Blue_MiSfit]

Just a quick note, foobar2000 has a great format conversion utility built in... I've been using it a lot recently. Might want to give it a try!