How do I convert a wav file to mp3 format using sox?

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When I run sox directly from the command line as ; ``` sox -r 8000 -c 1 ``` I get the following error message: sox: Unknown output file format for '747a.mp3': File type 'mp3' is not known My machine is running the CentOS operating system.

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As an alternative (if all you need is to encode a Wave file to MP3) you can just use LAME to achieve the same results, for example: ``` lame -b 32 --resample 8 -a ``` LAME can be installed on CentOS painlessly using yum. You'll first need the RPMForge repository: ``` rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm ``` Then: ``` yum install lame ```

How do I convert a wav file to mp3 format using sox?

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