Des429 Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 I want to convert all my mp3's to wma's to save room. is there a free program out there that will do it for me. and im looking for one that will let me convert a whole folder and possibly any subfolders below it so that i dont have to do it one at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 http://www.nch.com.au/switch/ I'm doing the opposite right now so my mobile phone can use the mp3s. It's exactly right for what you need. BUT it loses the ID3 thingys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des429 Posted January 7, 2006 Author Share Posted January 7, 2006 cool yah this seems 2 b doin what i need. thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZappBrannigan Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 FairStars Audio Converter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadsport Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 I use dbPowerAMP. It's got shell integration. You can basically just select a bunch of files, right click and hit "Convert To" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Hold on..... I'm not sure it does :o I can't see wma on the output file type. :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des429 Posted January 7, 2006 Author Share Posted January 7, 2006 not sure it does what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 not sure it does what? I know it does wma to mp3, but I'm not sure it does mp3 to wma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des429 Posted January 7, 2006 Author Share Posted January 7, 2006 yah i dont think it does. ti converted all my things to wav. not a prob. tho cuse i only did like two songs just to test it out. and all the others that ppl just suggested. i dont wanna try those becuse they both cost and are only trials. and they only convert like half the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhead Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Just use dBpoweramp. It converts almost anything to anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des429 Posted January 7, 2006 Author Share Posted January 7, 2006 k i'll give it a try. o and btw, the episode in ur sig was alright, not too good tho :p dude theres no way to convert all my files at once, just one at a time. is there a way to do it all at once? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgeleven Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 I want to convert all my mp3's to wma's to save room. YOU SHOULD NOT DO THAT! :cry: :omg: Transcoding lossy formats between themselves is bad bad bad. If you want to hear awful results, be my guest, but is the extra space really worth losing the audio quality? Only time you should transcode is if you are doing lossless --> lossy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des429 Posted January 7, 2006 Author Share Posted January 7, 2006 YOU SHOULD NOT DO THAT! :cry: :omg: Transcoding lossy formats between themselves is bad bad bad. If you want to hear awful results, be my guest, but is the extra space really worth losing the audio quality? it is when you only have a 20gig mp3 player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farstrider Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Just use dBpoweramp. It converts almost anything to anything. This is the right one to use as far as I am concerned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 dude theres no way to convert all my files at once, just one at a time. is there a way to do it all at once? you talking to me? :/ if so, shift and arrow down, like in explorer. Don't click on the window again, just let it run. also, you did it to WAV? you mental? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des429 Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 i might just opt for a different file type cuse the program that lunamonkey recommended is realy nice and simple. maybe ogg or acc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmccoy Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 How about a convertor for mp3 to apple format and back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaekwad2 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 i might just opt for a different file type cuse the program that lunamonkey recommended is realy nice and simple. maybe ogg or acc If your player plays them, Ogg Vorbis at least is clearly better than WMA at any bitrate (not sure about low bitrate AAC (not aacPlus)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des429 Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 yeah see i said that my mp3 player doesnt support ogg vorbis or aac, which stinks because i would definteily encode in those instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgeleven Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 it is when you only have a 20gig mp3 player. Then re-rip your music if a little extra space is worth it. The quality will be so much better then a transcode, it isn't even funny. You aren't going to listen to your entire at once. Repeat after me: DO NOT TRANSCODE. :| Doing lossy --> lossy even once is like taking a JPEG of your favorite picture, and recompressing it a dozen times, making it look like a blurred, dull colors, pixelated mess. Sure you saved space. But unless you have the absolute worst headphones money can buy, you will hear the difference and it will annoy the heck out of you. Don't come complaining when you go to listen to your converted lossy music files with decent speakers/headphones and hear absolute crap instead. All in the name of adding a few extra songs :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Then re-rip your music if a little extra space is worth it. The quality will be so much better then a transcode, it isn't even funny. You aren't going to listen to your entire at once. Repeat after me: DO NOT TRANSCODE. :| Doing lossy --> lossy even once is like taking a JPEG of your favorite picture, and recompressing it a dozen times, making it look like a blurred, dull colors, pixelated mess. Sure you saved space. But unless you have the absolute worst headphones money can buy, you will hear the difference and it will annoy the heck out of you. Don't come complaining when you go to listen to your converted lossy music files with decent speakers/headphones and hear absolute crap instead. All in the name of adding a few extra songs :( I've been thinking about creating a standard format for all my music. I was thinking of going with aac because it seems to make the smallest files with the highest quality (at least this is what I have noticed when ripping with Winamp 5.) I have never tried Ogg Vorbis so I don't know about that. Now you have me scared because alot of my MP3's are arond 8mb-9mb a song, while some of my files (WMA are close to 30mb a song!) now I don't know if I should convert anything to anything. This sucks. A lot of the music I can't rerip because I've lost the CD's or they have been scratched up. So what I have on my computer is all I have left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Caro Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 I think I just did some sort of trascoding once and the quality loss wasnt THAT terrible I mean, let's say I have one of those 192kbps mp3, record it onto a CD, it sounds cool, and then rip it to OGG.. Will it sound like utter crap? Just wondering :p I use MP3 all-the-way, because it's more popular.. I'd prefer OGG, though, if my iPod played em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhead Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Ive transcoded a few 320 kbps CBR mp3s to 160 kbps VBR before for space. The quality loss wasn't devastating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgeleven Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 If you already had a high quality lossy source (like 320kbps) and you transcode, you probably won't notice a huge difference...but it will be there. Depends on the bitrate you use I suppose. 192kbit is pushing it. I can easily pick out a transcoded song. Now transcoding say a 128kbit MP3 to something is stupidity at its highest form. Like the idiots who think transcoding from 128kbit mp3's to 64kbit WMA's is saving space and keeping the quality. The only time it is 100% safe to transcode is from a lossless copy (CD or a format like Apple Lossless, WMA Lossless, FLAC, etc.). As for which format to use (based on compatibility above all else), I would use AAC at low bitrates and MP3's created via LAME for high bitrates. If you have a player which can play OGG, then it is a fine choice as well at low bitrates. For a just released comparison of codecs at 128kbps, check out this: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=40607 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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