gareth Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Evenin'. Does anyone know of a good open-source or freeware tool for batch-encoding MP3 files? I have a whole bunch that I want to convert from 320kbps to 192 (for space reasons). At the moment I'm using Audacity to do them one by one, but it's as tedious as a tedious thing. If it helps, a suitable plug-in for Soundforge would be another option ... Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 www.dbpoweramp.com always used to do it, though I'm still running an old version.You may have to download the LAME codec to use with it as the mp3 codec bundled with it is only a demo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickb12345 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I use All to MP3 Converter Its not freeware but there is a demo, I dont know what restrictions there are on it. It runs from the windows context menu, right click a group of files and it appears on the menu. Its a handy little program to have. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatman Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Switch or Advanced WMA Workshop both have batch modes and are freebies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 SwitchLooks interesting, will give it a try - thanks.Advanced WMA WorkshopNot free - is restricted unless you pay for the full version. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Have just checked, dBPoweramp now has LAME bundled, and the free version will batch convert to mp3 quite happily. Just untick the paid options when you first run it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 Have just checked, dBPoweramp now has LAME bundled, and the free version will batch convert to mp3 quite happily.For 30 days. Then you have to pay for it. I don't quite get that - I already have LAME encoder (which is a free download) being used by Audacity and CDEx, but if I want to use it with dBPoweramp I have to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 How odd, it always used to be free.Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlinford Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Foobar2000 is a good lightweight application that can do this, as well as sorting tags, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternewman Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Alternatively you could flex your coding muscles Gareth, and use VLC and the command line, Excel also comes in handy to generate the batch file. Although the other options may be less hassle ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 less hassleMy preferred option. ;) Foobar looks like it might be quite useful - will attempt to find time at some point in the next few days to have a fiddle with it (and see whether it's going to ask me for any money!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesperrett Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 I already have LAME encoder (which is a free download) being used by Audacity and CDEx, but if I want to use it with dBPoweramp I have to pay. When I downloaded my copy of LAME (which admittedly was a while ago) it came with the RazorLame front end which does batch conversion. Cheers James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstace Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Thinking out of the box here... ...If you're running Windows or Mac OS X then you could install iTunes, import the files to the library (ensure iTunes doesn't copy to its own central location if space is a problem - just have it manage the library and leave files where they are). Then set the default importing format to MP3 and adjust the bit-rate to suit. When you select and right-click on one or more items from this list, you'll have the option to "convert to MP3" - which in this case will re-encode. You'll end up with two copies of each song, and you'll need to experiment to find out where the re-encoded material ends up. This is both free and manageable however, and it's the kind of thing we do all the time to manage our recorded media library (why buy in dedicated software when a consumer-product does it so well, is so familiar and is free?). I've probably not explained my thinking very well so do ask questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 Kinda liking the iTunes idea! Wasn't aware that it could do that. It's a piece of software I already have and use extensively, it's free, it isn't going to limit what I can do because I haven't paid for it, it isn't going to nag me for money ... fab! Nice one, Solstace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 SUPER I have used alot I find it quite useful, especially as it will convert almost any media format to another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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