R help - Sep 2015 - Converting a .wav file into an mp3 file in R

Hello,

I know how to read in mp3 files, e.g., using tuneR.
But is it possible to read in a .wav file - as below and then compress
it to mp3 format?

library(tuneR)
mywav <- readWave("myfile.wav")


Thanks a lot for any hints!
-- 
Dimitri Liakhovitski

Hi Dimitri,
Have a look at SoX:

http://sox.sourceforge.net/

Jim


On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 6:28 AM, Dimitri Liakhovitski <
dimitri.liakhovitski at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I know how to read in mp3 files, e.g., using tuneR.
> But is it possible to read in a .wav file - as below and then compress
> it to mp3 format?
>
> library(tuneR)
> mywav <- readWave("myfile.wav")
>
>
> Thanks a lot for any hints!
> --
> Dimitri Liakhovitski
>
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