/** * Here's a clone of the popular "wav2mp3" program, but using node-lame and * node-wav. */ var fs = require('fs'); var lame = require('../'); var wav = require('wav'); var filename = process.argv[2]; if (process.stdin.isTTY && !filename) { // print help console.error('usage:'); console.error(' encode a wav file:'); console.error(' $ %s ', process.argv.join(' ')); console.error(' or encode a wav from stdin:'); console.error(' $ cat song.wav | %s | mpg123 -', process.argv.join(' ')); process.exit(1); } // first figure out if we're encoding from a filename, or from stdin var input; var output; if (filename) { var outfile = process.argv[3]; if (!outfile) { console.error('FATAL: must specify an output mp3 file!'); process.exit(1); } console.error('encoding %j', filename); console.error('to %j', outfile); input = fs.createReadStream(filename); output = fs.createWriteStream(outfile); } else { input = process.stdin; output = process.stdout; } // start reading the WAV file from the input var reader = new wav.Reader(); // we have to wait for the "format" event before we can start encoding reader.on('format', onFormat); // and start transferring the data input.pipe(reader); function onFormat (format) { console.error('WAV format: %j', format); // encoding the wave file into an MP3 is as simple as calling pipe() var encoder = new lame.Encoder(format); reader.pipe(encoder).pipe(output); }