iPods and Conversions... - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Church · 12-13-2004, 08:09 PM

I will be getting an iPod soon, and I would like to be able to fit as many songs as possible onto it. I was looking through my mp3's and they are mostly all in .mp3. Is there something I can use to batch convert it into a smaller file so I will be able to fit more songs onto the iPod? I hope that made sense.

Thanks!

bal8664 · 12-13-2004, 09:17 PM

Probably wont be able to get a much smaller file than a .mp3 that the ipod supports. You could lower the bitrate but that would also lower the sound quality. With todays ipods holding a minimum of 5000 songs with the 20gb (unless you got a mini) I wouldn't worry about it too much.

sandinista · 12-13-2004, 09:21 PM

You have the option of converting the .mp3 files to .aac using itunes, but I hear there is a quality loss during the conversion. The best thing to do is to rip your cd's again into .aac format - it's more high quality and is smaller.

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12-13-2004, 09:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
sandinista Tilted	You have the option of converting the .mp3 files to .aac using itunes, but I hear there is a quality loss during the conversion. The best thing to do is to rip your cd's again into .aac format - it's more high quality and is smaller. __________________ "Nature herself makes the wise man rich." -Cicero

12-13-2004, 09:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
bal8664 Crazy Location: Rochester, NY	Probably wont be able to get a much smaller file than a .mp3 that the ipod supports. You could lower the bitrate but that would also lower the sound quality. With todays ipods holding a minimum of 5000 songs with the 20gb (unless you got a mini) I wouldn't worry about it too much.