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What do u guys use to convert mp3s from a large bit rate to a smaller bit rate? (im doing this to make some really big 320kbit files smaller)
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Change Mp3 bit rate?
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BeSlice... it's free, but a little work to understand. Good tool, though.
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iTunes does everything
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size is tied directly to quality, its the balance we all have to make. that is once you decide on a format. AAC is known to be smaller and higher quality for the same bit rate as an mp3. i decided 128 AAC is good enough for me. many people swear by 320 mp3 and their 300GB hard drives...
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yes, i despise itunes, i refuse to use it until i get an ipod, and even then i will not enjoy using it, please another thing thx everyone
<off topic> and yeah, the higher the bit rate the higher the quality, and for anyone wanting to rip a music cd, EAC is the best, slow but best, that w/ the latest LAME encoder</off topic>
<off topic> and yeah, the higher the bit rate the higher the quality, and for anyone wanting to rip a music cd, EAC is the best, slow but best, that w/ the latest LAME encoder</off topic>
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ViperGTR said:
If you change a encoded mp3 file from one bitrate to another, whether its larger or smaller, it makes it worse...it's a fact.
Read and learn.....
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php
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SomaGaze said:
I swear by flac and my 120 gig hard drive.
My music folder is 26 gigs, but a few people here have 50+ gigs in music.
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Razor Lame is the best mp3 tool out there. I love it. Every time you encode an mp3, that quality does get worse. Also, if you re-encode a 320kbps sound to 128kbps, and then back to 320kbps, it will only have the quality of 128kbps.. the quality of an mp3 is only as good as the slowest encoded version of it.
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I did this to about 30 gigs and found that musicmatch had the best setup for rencoding.
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apu318 said:
Thats correct...the quality of an mp3 is only as good as the source it was encoded in.
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since i am a neat freak when it comes to my music, i decided i want ALL mu music in AAC. from my own CD's and from other music that i get. through some testing i've done (mainly with my own ears), i've found that with 192 mp3, i can convert to 128 AAC and not suffer much quality degredation. this is entirely my opinion, though...as i bet my ears aren't as sensitive as others. so, to respond to the first question, i think 320 mp3 is defintely high enough quality to re-encode to a lower quality. but, like the others said, you will lose "some" quality. just another $0.02 from me...
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Like I said just download musicmatch free and use its converting feature found in the File/convert files tab at the top.
You can do whole albums at a time, you can jsut copy over what you have or you can select a new destination folder for the converted music..
You can do whole albums at a time, you can jsut copy over what you have or you can select a new destination folder for the converted music..
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CDex is the best and its open source http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
another good one is dBpowerAMP http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
ive used them both and they both rock.
another good one is dBpowerAMP http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
ive used them both and they both rock.
