Fluffy Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Hi folks I`m wanting to convert my music library to all mp3 I have some music that are (still) WMA(windows media format)there are a host of free ware availiable from google most of which say they are free from all trojans and malware... yeh right that got me suspicious ! I`m sure they are but I would appreciate the experience of anyone who has used one and are happy with it ? I trust you lot you know !!!!lol Appreciate any comments Fluffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 18, 2011 Moderators Share Posted May 18, 2011 Foobar2000, although you'll also need lame.exe to do it. If you have the original audio CDs it's better to start over from scratch and encode directly to MP3 since you'd be transcoding going from WMA->MP3 and losing quality in the process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 Hi Andavari Thanks for the quick response...Glad I asked the question i`ve learnt some thing new !! Some music is in wma format and no cd,but I take your advise about starting over to keep the quality I`ve looked at my music folders and files and they are a mess !! thats what i was doing to try and sort everything looks like i`ve a bit of work to do ! Many thanks F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 19, 2011 Moderators Share Posted May 19, 2011 I`ve looked at my music folders and files and they are a mess !! thats what i was doing to try and sort everything looks like i`ve a bit of work to do ! Some freeware music players can automatically sort your music folder for you, something to remember if the task is going to take a long time. If you start ripping to MP3 I'd recommend reading the Hydrogenaudio.org forums, especially the Wiki articles such as what CD ripping programs to use and what LAME MP3 settings to use to get good quality rips and audio quality, and even become a member of the forum if needing specific help and advice since you'll get straight and correct answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 (Who would name an excellent app LAME? ) I like audio manipulation, but lossless to loss doesn't appeal to me. (Yes, I know Foobar supports lossless MP3, sorta.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 19, 2011 Moderators Share Posted May 19, 2011 (Who would name an excellent app LAME? ) Know of its history first: LAME originally stood for LAME Ain't an Mp3 Encoder - source. Albeit it is an mp3 encoder, the highest quality one available today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 Thanks Andavari,will take your advise and start by having a look at the Hydrogenaudio forum and i need to read up on wiki more computer/music terminology to understand,computer language must be the most up and coming word creator ever!!! "ttfn"... that about my limit !! Fluff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 I use ffmpeg, but it's a command-line program and it has no /? flag....very effective for batch converting, though. Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 19, 2011 Moderators Share Posted May 19, 2011 I use ffmpeg, but it's a command-line program and it has no /? flag....very effective for batch converting, though. LAME can also be a batch converting program via the various frontends like those made by Speek for it, one could even use something like CDex with lame_enc.dll to batch convert to MP3 a set of already extracted WAV files if not wanting to mess around with or having to know the command parameters to run lame.exe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhawk Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Know of its history first: LAME originally stood for LAME Ain't an Mp3 Encoder - source. Didn't they steal the idea from the WINE Project "Wine Is Not an Emulator" (software to run Windows apps in Linux) lol ?? Converting a lossy audio format into another lossy format can do nothing much but degrade the audio quality of your clips. Furthermore if you're handling DRM protected content you might find it's not possible to convert them (without some tricks). Just out of curiosity why do you want to convert wma into mp3, most phones / media players can handle wma content?? As for programs I've always relied on WinLame to rip CDs / convert files into other formats i.e. mp3, wma. Richard S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Didn't they steal the idea from the WINE Project "Wine Is Not an Emulator" (software to run Windows apps in Linux) lol ?? And they stole the "GNU is Not Unix" thing I like Microsoft's one, XNA. It stands for "XNA is Not an Acronym". Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 redhawk wrote... Just out of curiosity why do you want to convert wma into mp3, most phones / media players can handle wma content?? I have a friend who we swap music we both think the other might like.i never look at the format,when he replies he always says have you this in mp3 !so I wanted to make all my music files in one format,isn`t mp3 the future ! don`t tell me now i need them to be in another format !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhawk Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Everyone has their preferences for music formats some prefer mp3 over wma simple because wma is a Microsoft format. Then you have another bunch of people who would say ogg is better than mp3 because it's an open source format. And lastly the audiophile purists would probably state FLAC as the only way because it's lossless compression. For me I don't mind mp3 or wma but I find wma has slightly better compression / quality than mp3 at the same rate. When listening to my mp3 player / phone I use wma @ 128kbps because I can upload more than using mp3 files @ 192kbps. If you need to convert wma into mp3 try it and see how it sounds while comparing against the original file. Richard S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 No offense intended, but MP3 is definitely not the future ; it was invented nearly twenty years ago. I use WMA because that's Windows Media Player's native format, thus it will be supported in all future releases of Windows ; besides, there's a lossless WMA format, too Anyway, once you've decided which format you want to use, converting all your music using ffmpeg, lame or another command-line encoder is quite easy. Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 20, 2011 Moderators Share Posted May 20, 2011 The which format is better is a dead-end street really as everyone will have preferences. My main thing for a format is: 1. Quality. 2. Gapless playback. 3. Which OS and hardware will support it - undoubtedly a computer will most definitely always be needed to properly rip, etc. I'm one of those "FLAC people" - buy a new CD rip to FLAC and archive it lossless on a DVDR just in case the original audio CD has issues. However my PC is filled to the brim with lossy LAME encoded MP3s use high quality VBR settings to sound transparent, i.e.; similar to the original audio CD. Why MP3? Well because just about anything can play the format, it's by far not the best however look at various formats that have died since it's time claiming they were "better", the format will be like a cockroach after a nuclear war still alive and kicking.That and if you look at the masses of people, if you give them any compressed audio format they in general will call it an MP3, doesn't matter if it's an OGG, WMA, AAC, etc., it's akin to calling any photo copied paper a Xerox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 I love FLAC but they are too big for me. MP3 at 320kbps or a high VBR. Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekkman Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Check out Download.com , they are the worlds largest Download Storage website, run by CBS Interactive. I found this for you, it's a program called FreeRIP, Ranked #2, so you'll be happy with it Oh, and it's only 2.75MB Just your average guy, ask me anything tech! | ProgramDaddy | My Blog | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted June 17, 2011 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2011 I found this for you, it's a program called FreeRIP, Ranked #2, so you'll be happy with it FreeRip is marked as adware! Rather it's #2 ranked or #1 it isn't a secure ripper such as Exact Audio Copy or the paid for dbPowerAmp, secure ripping is definately the way to go in my book and both of these programs use AccurateRip so you can compare your ripping with what other people have to know you have a good rip without any ripping errors. There's also the excellent Cue Tools which is also a secure ripper, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trium Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 i use ejay mp3pro Versions of CCleaner Cloud; Introduction Ccleaner Cloud; Ccleaner-->System-Requirements; Ccleaner FAQ´s; Ccleaner builds; Scheduling Ccleaner Free Es ist möglich, keine Fehler zu machen und dennoch zu verlieren. Das ist kein Zeichen von Schwäche. Das ist das Leben -> "Picard" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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