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grendel · 02-09-2005, 10:33 PM

anybody know of a good app (preferably freeware) that will convert the bitrate of an mp3? of course, i'm thinking converting down from a high bitrate to a lower one just for use on my mp3 player (to make room for more tunes).

i would think converting up wouldn't work out too well - seems to me you'd just have a file that sounds the same as the lower bitrate one (maybe even worse?) that would take up more space.

the mp3s i want to convert are ones i made from my own CDs. so one option is to re-rip and encode at the lower bitrate, but i'd rather just convert the mp3s i've already created than have to re-rip all those CDs.

i did some searching to see if this had already been addressed, but i didn't find anything. i apologize in advance if i missed it.

02-09-2005, 10:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
grendel Psycho	Converting MP3s to lower bitrate? anybody know of a good app (preferably freeware) that will convert the bitrate of an mp3? of course, i'm thinking converting down from a high bitrate to a lower one just for use on my mp3 player (to make room for more tunes). i would think converting up wouldn't work out too well - seems to me you'd just have a file that sounds the same as the lower bitrate one (maybe even worse?) that would take up more space. the mp3s i want to convert are ones i made from my own CDs. so one option is to re-rip and encode at the lower bitrate, but i'd rather just convert the mp3s i've already created than have to re-rip all those CDs. i did some searching to see if this had already been addressed, but i didn't find anything. i apologize in advance if i missed it.