Quick free MP3 bitrate changer?

NeilF

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I've trued a couple and had to abort installation due to your typical mandatory spamware options (eg: search engines etc).

Anyone got a suggestion for a fast/efficient application just to go through a load of MP3s and convert them to a lower bit rate if necessary?

Thanks
 
OK... Got foobar2000? How do I tell it just to go through a folder and convert everything >128Kbps to 128Kbps?

EDIT: And it's asking for LAME too!?
 
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Couldn't get any of these to work simply, or in some cases at all. XRecode II I ran over and over and although it beavered away each time, it never re-encoded the files to 128kbps.


Just wanted to select track > 128Kbps and reencode them to 128Kbps replacing the original. Not much to ask...

Anyway, MediaMonkey is doing this perfectly. Select files, tell it to convert to 128Kbps, and click the "replace original". Done! Now that's simple!
 
Give me a sec, I'll write something for you


If you had a folder full of MP3 files, this would convert them to V 6 variable mp3 (~128kb variable)

Download Lame 3.99.5 from here
http://www.free-codecs.com/lame_encoder_download.htm

You only need this file from the zip.

lame.exe

chuck it in D:\mp3\lame.exe

then open notepad, and paste this in..


for %%i in (*.mp3) do "D:\mp3\lame.exe" -V 6 "%%i" "D:\mp3\out\%%~ni.mp3"


Save it as encoder.bat (or something) and chuck it on your desktop.

Also, create the folder d:\mp3\out

Now drag any mp3 and drag it onto the encoder.bat file icon and it will convert all .mp3 files in that folder, leave the originals in tact and create the new ones in d:\mp3\out


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The V means variable bit rate, so it's not constantly 128 or 192 etc, it will go lower on quiet sections of the track, saving space, and higher when it requires, to keep sound quality.

If you want higher quality, change the -V 6 to something lower..

0 = super quality, highest file size
9 = worst quality, lowest file size

I use V1 for making my mp3's
 
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Media Monkey does it just fine thanks... Couple of clicks, all done, even replacing the originals...
 
May seem overboard, but I was interested in what effect the quality settings would do.

Here's a list of file sizes for one song ripped with different qualities, the b ones are constant quality + the bit rate. v are using the preset variable settings

mp3%20sizes.jpg


Obvisouly, they sound terrible under 128kb/s and under V6/7
 
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