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OT – MP3 conversion
Hi,
Other than using iTunes, is there a quick way to convert your aiff or wav files to MP3?
Thanks,
Wayne
2DP G5, 3.5GB RAM, FCP HD
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6 Replies
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iTunes is very good and very fast.
That’s how I do it.
There may be other programs that will do it, too, but not QT Pro 7.
https://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/podcasting.html
* QuickTime 7 Pro cannot create MP3 files. You can use iTunes to convert files to MP3.
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I use my iTunes to convert mp3’s and CD’s to 48K .AIFF – so its a bit of a shlep to have to go into the advanced settings and change the import settings to mp3.
So I was looking at an alternative program to avoid having to change my itunes settings.W
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There’s a free application called “Audacity” that you can use to do it. It’s a very useful little app. It includes tempo changing that enables you to shorten or lengthen audio. Works well if the change is slight. I use if under os x. Don’t know if there are non-mac versions. It seems to me that when I used the mp3 export function it told me that I had to download something else. I don’t remember what that was, but whatever it was I did it, and it worked.
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I use Sorenson Squeeze for doing my mp3 conmversions. I haven’t found anything else that lets you do batch conversions and FTP uploads automatically.
Technically, the LAME mp3 codec is the best one for high-quality, high bitrate mp3s. I seem to remember that someone had figured out how to hack iTunes to use the LAME encoder instead of the built-in Fraunhofer codec in iTunes (which sounds absolutely horrible at nearly any bitrate, IMO)
Oddly enough, Squeeze is the only application on the Mac that can make decent sonuding low-bitrate mp3s (for audiobooks, podcasts, etc). It’s annoying that it isn’t Universal binary yet, but it still works fine.
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Thanks so much for the input!
I’ll check out Audacity and Squeeze.
Wayne
2DP G5, 3.5GB RAM, FCP HD
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