Try this, If you have only one CD ROM, it is easy as "cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,6,0 *.mp3"; cdrecord converts the mp3's to wav's, then converts to audio data that is written to disk. (that is how I remember it - check the man pages). The "speed=4" is because my writer is 4x. The "dev=0,6,0" is because my writer is on a SCSI bus, as ID 6. I don't know whether or not you can use the wildcard (I don't because I am paranoid about getting the tracks written randomly on the CD. Check out the CD-Writing HOWTO. It is to the point and is easy to read. On Wednesday 15 November 2000 18:24, Eric Thelin wrote: > Try mpg123 -w your_file.wav your_file.mp3 > > Eric > > On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Julian M Catchen wrote: > > Hello Everyone- > > > > I am looking to convert a whole bunch of MP3 files (*legal* MP3s) to wav > > so that I may burn them out to CD. Does anyone know or have experience > > with any command line utilities to help automate this process. > > Currently, I have been using an xmms plugin, but is clunky and takes > > forever to keep changing preferences when you want to convert a lot of > > files. > > > > For images, there is a neat little library called imagemagik, which you > > can use to resize, or change the format of images (plus a lot of other > > things). I am looking for a similar utility for audio files. > > Eric Thelin erict@aztechbiz.com > AZtechBiz.com: Where Arizona Does Tech Business > Voice: 480-377-6743 Fax: 480-377-6755 > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Rick Rosinski http://rickrosinski.com rick@rickrosinski.com