Mp3 - Wav

Hmm,

This should be easy, but for some reason i just can't get my head round it and i'd appreciate a pointer or 2....

How can i create a new wav file from an existing MP3 file.

I know people are gonna say "but the file size will be enormous, why bother" and your quite right.

This aint for me, but a friend asked, and i said i would take a look at it.....

Any tips would be greatly appreciated, but as ususal the answer is more than likely staring me right in the face.

Regards

JTC

You can use a program called CDex from http://cdex.n3.net . It has capabilities to decode and encode mp3/wav files. It's what I used to rip MP3s to wav and record the wav to cd before I bought Nero.

thanks for the speedy reply but what i had in mind was more along the lines of a way to include that sort of functionality into another app

any ideas??


JTC

See here: Works a charm!

This was posted by DJDannyK:

code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Private Sub cmdOpen_Click()
Dim cmdToDo As String * 255
Dim dwReturn As Long
Dim ret As String * 128
Dim tmp As String * 255
Dim lenShort As Long
Dim ShortPathAndFie As String

Filename = "C:\MyMp3.mp3"

If Dir(FileName) = "" Then
mmOpen = "Error with input file"
Exit Function
End If
lenShort = GetShortPathName(FileName, tmp, 255)
ShortPathAndFie = Left$(tmp, lenShort)
glo_hWnd = hwnd
cmdToDo = "open " & ShortPathAndFie & " type MPEGVideo Alias mpeg"
dwReturn = mciSendString(cmdToDo, 0&, 0&, 0&)

If dwReturn <> 0 Then 'not success
mciGetErrorString dwReturn, ret, 128
mmOpen = ret
MsgBox ret, vbCritical
Exit Sub
End If

End Sub--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


This should open your mp3 ready to play/record
Then under the play button put this bit of code

code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Private Sub cmdPlay_Click()
Dim dwreturn As Long
Dim ret As String * 128
Dim mmopen As String
mciSendString "open new type waveaudio Alias tune", 0&, 0&, 0&
mciSendString "record tune", 0&, 0, 0 'play the mp3 after this one
dwreturn = mciSendString("play mpeg", 0&, 0&, 0&)

If dwreturn <> 0 Then
mciGetErrorString dwreturn, ret, 128
mmopen = ret
MsgBox ret, vbCritical
Exit Sub
End If

End Sub--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Leave your computer alone until the song has finished playing then click the stop button, and voila you should have a new wav file


code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Private Sub cmdStop_Click()
Dim dwreturn(1 To 3) As Long
Dim ret As String * 128
dwreturn(1) = mciSendString("stop tune", 0&, 0&, 0&)
dwreturn(2) = mciSendString("save tune c:\NewTune.wav", 0&, 0&, 0&)
dwreturn(3) = mciSendString("close tune", 0&, 0&, 0&)
'check each command sent
For i = 1 To 3
If dwreturn(i) <> 0 Then
mciGetErrorString dwreturn(i), ret, 128
mmopen = ret
MsgBox ret, vbCritical
RecordMode = False
Exit Function
End If
Next i
'sucess if we reach here

End Function