music converting

[computeruler]

i need a program to convert my music to 128kbps from 192 so more will fit on my zune any ideas?

[Kurtiskain]

Winamp  For WMA (becus MP3 encoding is for those that pay for Pro)

OR

CD-ex...has a sourceforge page somewhere

Nvm ill get it for you
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ there u go lol

Might be hard to use at first but just MSN me ill help

[computeruler]

winamp doesnt convert music....
i think i found a program called switch

[BC_Programmer]

converting from one bitrate to another in any compression scheme is going to result in piss-poor quality in comparison to ripping the music again from the original source, for those files you have the original source of. Even burning them to a Audio CD and re-ripping them to a lower bitrate MP3 is bound to give better results.

[computeruler]

i have too many it would take forever! accually i was using one program to do it and it still sounded great! but the program stopped working

[BC_Programmer]

well, it's only Piss-poor to a audiophile.

I can hear the difference between my original Music CDs and the ripped 192Kbps MP3. the bass has some slight distortion in parts with the mp3; not enough to lose sleep over, of course.

[computeruler]

i have audio-phile grade speakers does that mean i will hear the difference

[BC_Programmer]

i have audio-phile grade speakers

that doesn't even mean anything.

[Szpixman]

This one works pretty good.


http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Multimedia_and_Graphics/Misc__Sound_Tools/Mp3go128.html

[BC_Programmer]

how about instead of 128kbps; have you considered variable bit-rate?

[computeruler]

what other bit-rate? because i need them to be smaller size to fit on my zune and 128 seems to be pretty good quality for me and like 2mb smaller a song

[BC_Programmer]

what other bit-rate? because i need them to be smaller size to fit on my zune and 128 seems to be pretty good quality for me and like 2mb smaller a song

VBR. it uses a dynamic bitrate depending on how much is necessary.

[computeruler]

how does it know how much is nessasary?

[patio]

It consults with WikiPedia as it's sampling and asks "what does this song need ? ? "

[BC_Programmer]

It consults with WikiPedia as it's sampling and asks "what does this song need ? ? "

No, that's WBR, WikiBiteMe... I mean, WikiBitRate.

I'm not exactly sure to be honest; I imagine it examines the spectrum required for each time step.