Freware Mp3 to Wav converter recomendations?

[Michael Schwendt]

On 01/08/07, Michael Wiktowy <michael.wiktowy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/1/07, Daniel B. Thurman <dant at cdkkt.com> wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a good freeware MP3 to Wav converter for Fedora?
>
> Do you want to do a bunch of mp3 in a big batch or just a couple but
> want flexibility with sample rates and such? If you are doing this
> conversion to wav to burn audio CDs, it is worth noting that, with the
> right packages installed, many of the burning software packages will
> do all that stuff automatically for you after you drag and drop the
> mp3s into your track list. However, those codec packages you need are
> buried in a third-party repo due to software patent/licensing issues.

e.g. k3b-extras-nonfree  from rpm.livna.org

> audacity is good for one by one conversion of files

e.g. audacity-nonfree  from rpm.livna.org

> but for batch
> processing you are best to find the right command-line incantation for
> mencoder or any number of other command-line utilities.