mp3 converters

[Mitch hiker]

Any decent ones out there so I can convert my music so I can listen to it away from my pc??????

Also does anyone know how I can transfer itunes into windows media player???

[turpieaj]

If you are ripping CD's then surely WMP does the whole process.
If your doing an analogue source then you could try programs like Nero, goldwave,Steinberg wavelab or Sony soundforge but only the first is free the other two are spot on but you will need a second mortgage to purchase lol.

Andy

[Bundy]

Try this cd's to mp3's
Plus its freeware,best around what I use anyway...

http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

[Mitch hiker]

magic I'll give em a go, any idea's on the itunes question?

[MizzDeedz]

I am not sure if this is any use to you - have a look anyway and see what you think.

its called db power amp music converter

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

[Northern Star]

Mitch i use audiograbber...its a piece of cake hun and great to use

when you say itunes...what format are they in??? i dont use itunes so im a bit of a blithering idiot.......why do you want to xfer them into wmp

[Mitch hiker]

Originally Posted by Northern Star

Mitch i use audiograbber...its a piece of cake hun and great to use

when you say itunes...what format are they in??? i dont use itunes so im a bit of a blithering idiot.......why do you want to xfer them into wmp

nice 1 m8, I just want all my tunes in one place, then I can just stick wmp on and not have to bother with itunes at all, I also want to transfer to my mp3 player, which I can do from wmp but not from itunes, are they copywritten or somat?

[Northern Star]

arghhh its confusing me cus ive never used itunes

right so .... you have a folder of music on your pc...full of mp3's which you can play through WMP

What is the difference with itunes hun where are they adn how do you listen/play them?????

i take it you want your mp3's xferring to your ipod thingy (did you get a usb lead or something with the your mp3 player......

[turpieaj]

Originally Posted by Mitch hiker

nice 1 m8, I just want all my tunes in one place, then I can just stick wmp on and not have to bother with itunes at all, I also want to transfer to my mp3 player, which I can do from wmp but not from itunes, are they copywritten or somat?

I think some of the tracks may have that DRM protection which is digital rights management, I dunno too much about it, but I think someone else on here might be able to shed some light on it

Andy

[Elev8/Levit8]

Yea DRM (digital rights management) is a p1ss-poor attempt at copy-protecting music files.

If you've got loads of DRM'ed files then you won't be able to copy them all around the gaff.

As for your question about iTunes, I assume you mean copying your library file (ie list of titles/tracks & associated filenames) to WMP from iTunes?

Not sure this can be done, as Apple & MS kind of hate each other.

If all you want to do is listen in WMP, then register all the music file extensions (MP3, WMA etc) to Media Player instead of iTunes. then when you doubleclick one, it'll launch in WMP. A new library list will build up as you play files.

Personally, I'd choose iTunes over WMP every day of the week (I'm not sure WMP supports all the formats iTunes does). The crappy startup speed of iTunes with a big tracklist p1sses me off tho, so I tend to listen using Winamp.

[Mitch hiker]

wow

big guys n gals, think I'll have to sit down and put a damp cloth on my head and have a think of what to do.

Audiograbber, installed. Nnice1 Debs

[MizzDeedz]

thanks for the heads up onthe audiograbber ive installed it and its converting away quite happily now AND its even got the names/tracklisting on it as well - ace!!

db poweramp has been playing up all day and has for some reason stopped converting tunes so ive got rid of it cos it has done my head in!!

audiograbber - top choice for mp3 rip

[Str33tb0y]

Audiograbber does work well.

Be careful though as Im not sure it actaully converts files at 44khz i think it only does 30 khz (i could be rong but when i used it that was all it did) this is a bit strange as you set the file up to say do it at 320kb/s only to find out that the audio range is 30hz which kinda defeats the object of ripping at 320kb/s

personally I would try using Windows media player seems to be pretty good, theres one that comes with Nero as well which is superb but u only get it with the full monty version of Nero

Dunno if you guys know but most of the stuff is done using a .dll file called lame. Its the quality of the lame file itself which makes a difference to your audio rip. You can download different version of the dll from the web and over write the one in audiograbber for example.

go here for the latest .dll file

Download LAME MP3 Encoder 3.98 : LAME MP3 Encoder is the best mp3 encoder


hope this helps

Iain