MP3 Encoder for Mac

[Jeff Carpenter]

iTunes is what you want.

Quick Time might be able to do it too, but iTunes will let you pick as many files as you want and do them one after the other. That sounds like what you want.

Go through all the Prefrences and menu options for 30 minutes. You can learn the entire program in that much time.

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

Ditto to Jeff’s post.

Use iTunes to convert AIFF to mp3.

iTunes (menu) > Prerences… > Importing > “Import Using:” > MP3 Encoder “Setting:” > (choose “High” or “Higher” for best quality) > “OK” (closes preferences).

Drop your AIFF clip into an iTunes open window, click once on your clip to select it, and choose:
Advanced (menu) > Convert Selection to MP3.

Works VERY fast and stores new MP3 file in the iTunes library.

You can do a “search” (apple f) to locate the new MP3 file on the hard drive and then just drop it into an email.

[Rich Rubasch]

This is exactly my gripe about iTunes as a convertor…the steps look like something you’d have to do on a PC. It’s not real intuitive and the folder hierarchy on the hard drive is insane. iTunes should have interface changes to streamline the process of converting a single audio file. It does work, but seems like a kludge.

Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media

[Cephus]

Yeah, that’s what I’ve discovered. iTunes may do the trick, but it I’ve found it isn’t convenient. You do have to go hunting for the files, especially when you’ve got 2000 other tracks in your library, and in addition to not being able to truly customize your settings, it applies encoder information to the end of the file name. I then have to go in and change my file names to reflect my paths in the the web learning. This tends to kill productivity. So while I do appreciate all the tips on using iTunes, I’m looking for some sort of stand-alone encoder that will simply take my wavs, encode to mp3 and put them exactly where their wave counterparts live, without altering the names. Sorenson Squeeze, for example, is what my boss used on his PC. Worked beatifully. Thank you all for your input, and hopefully we can continue to find that holy grail of mp3 encoders.

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[John Pale]

Make a Compressor droplet…once you set it up, its a drag and drop process.

[Cephus]

I’ve looked in compressor. I couldn’t seem to find any settings related to MP3s. That would be perfect though.

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[Mitchji]

Hi,

If you are comfortable with the terminal or can get some help you could use the Lame encoder. I’m sure it could easily do what you want. The quality is supposed to be much better than iTunes. More information here:
https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010221002602222

https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20011030023450799

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Chuck Weatherall]

https://audacity.sourceforge.net/

I’ve never used it, but it’s free. What could it hurt?

[Todd Perchert]

I use SoundConverter frequently for converting to and from mp3/aiff/wav. It works with a gazillion audio formats. It is $30 though.
TC

[Rich Rubasch]

>I use SoundConverter frequently for converting to and from mp3/aiff/wav. It works with a gazillion audio >formats. It is $30 though.

And it’s PC only and the subject is MP3 Encoder for MAC!!!

Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media