Mass Media Conversation Software

[Zylstra]

Goeden Dag,
(good day)

I am wondering if there is any mass media conversation software for music files that could change every .wma 192KBPS file in my library to .mp3 192KBPS.

Why do I want to do this?
.MP3 is a open source format that seems to work just about everywhere now... I never much liked having to wait for Media Player to convert files for my phone/mp3 player.

I have Windows Vista, plenty of varying disk space, and can handle something resource intensive.

I need something that can convert not only file formats, but, also the bitrates, and also handle filters that would possibly exclude certain files. 

I searched Google, but, there were too many adware ridden results.

Anyone know of anything?

Thanks,
Zylstra

[Deerpark]

http://www.mediamonkey.com/
I use it myself to play and manage my music, it can even sync music to my Creative Zen so I can do all my music related tasks in this app.
But you may need the paid version if you want to convert a large number of songs, but IMO it is worth it.

.MP3 is a open source format that seems to work just about everywhere now...

I get what you're saying here, but just so you know, MP3 is not open source. It is in fact a proprietary and patented format and commercial MP3 players have to pay a licensing fee to use it.
OGG is a true open source format, but it is a lot harder to find portable music players that supports it.

[patio]

Deerpark how do you like the Zen ? ?
I was thinking of grabbing one.

[Deerpark]

I've got the (by now slightly old) Zen Micro and I just love it.
Sound quality is excellent as it usually is on Creative products. Just do you self a favor and buy a quality pair of earphones, the included ones are not great. But that seems to be a common problem with MP3 players.
Can't really think of anything negative to say about it...

[Zylstra]

Thanks, Deerpark

The actual main reason I wanted a program like this was because my brother gave a bunch of music to my sister, who gave that same music to me, that had VBR (Variable Bit Rate) formats for encoding... anyways, this resulted in a bunch of media files with 800+KBPS (a few 1MBPS as well) bitrate files... (and even more that were in the 500-700 range)

This is a bit too big for me, and I will soon be running out of disk space.

Once again, thanks, Deerpark.

[Deerpark]

You're welcome Zylstra, I hope MM will suit you.

[Zylstra]

You're welcome Zylstra, I hope MM will suit you.

So far it is

I am leaving everything at the VBR format, but, also changing it to MP3. (I decreased the VBR levels though, it should be ~256KBPS now)

I am only converting things over 367KBPS, (I am great at manipulating programs like that,) so, all should go well. (Its sure taking a while though)

[pcsourcepoint]

Media Monkey, formerly DB-songs is a good organizer which I have used, and perhaps dbpoweramp which has been around a while...

Here's a real interesting article -  behind the mask about the theory of MP3, and some tips to improve your mp3's...

[patio]

Great stuff Deerpark and thanx !
Zen 4G on sale today only 75 bucks...goin for it !

[Zylstra]

Sorry for my latefulness (note: "latefulness" is not a real word)...
It all worked out alright. Thanks, everyone