The Linux MP3-HOWTO

• Index
• Introduction.
• Copyright of this document.
• Where to get this document.
• Acknowledgments.
• Disclaimer.
• Hardware Requirements & Performance Issues.
• Software Requirements.
• Setting up your system.
• Encoding from Audio.
• Encoding from CD-ROM.
• Streaming MP3's.
• Listening to MP3's.
• ID3 Editing.
• MP3 to Minidisc.
• Feedback.

1. Introduction.

This document describes the hardware, software and procedures needed to encode, play, mix and stream MP3 sound files under Linux.

It covers:

• Encoding MP3's from a live or external source
• Encoding MP3's from audio CD's
• Streaming MP3's over a network
• Listening to MP3's
• Recording MP3 streams
• Mixing MP3's
• Editing ID3 information