[Info-vax] OpenVMS and audio

[Paul Sture]

On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:31:57 +0100, MG wrote:

> On 19-1-2012 16:40, Paul Sture wrote:
>> I think I even used my PWS600au to record audio at one point.
>>
>> Why use precious CPU on my Mac when my Alpha was available?  The Alpha
>> also came in handy for converting stuff to MP3.
> 
> What did you use for that, back then?
> 

Ooh. An excuse to fire it up in an emulator :-)

LAME is the answer. See Patrick Moreau's c.o.v. 2003 post at:

http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.os.vms/2003-09/2206.html

And I've just checked, the zip file is still accessible:

http://decwarch.free.fr/decwindows/lame-3_93_1.zip

Check out the other sound related goodies from Patrick at:

http://decwarch.free.fr/decwnew.html

-- 
Paul Sture