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diogenese

03-31-2005, 06:56 PM

neilthecellist

03-31-2005, 08:12 PM

File Selector.

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diogenese

04-01-2005, 07:10 PM

Thanks neilthecellist, I was in full muppet mode last night! All done to perfection:)

neilthecellist

04-01-2005, 07:46 PM

No problem diogenese. Have fun with dMC and I wish you luck with your conversion process. :)

Tomb

04-02-2005, 05:31 AM

I've just got a copy of dMC to convert a 15Gb hard drive full of 192bit WMA files, all in artist/album folders. Is there a way to convert the whole batch or will I have to do the albums individually?
Also, would encoding to 192bit MP3's be the most sensible option, file size isn't really a problem.
Thanks for any help:)

Converting from one lossy format to another will result in quality loss. Surprised that neil did not point that out!

As for encoding to 192 bit mp3 from wma it depends what the bitrate of the wma files are. For instance there is no point converting 128 k/bits wma to 192 k/bits mp3.

The idea that converting from wma to mp3 may increase quality is sadly a false one. If you didn't have the CD's to re-rip I would have stuck with the wma files unless you required them for portable use.

diogenese

04-02-2005, 02:58 PM

Hi Tomb, the wma files were all 192kbit/sec, I assumed the least poorest result would be to use 192 kbit mp3;)
I needed the files in MP3 for an mstation in car player, the results aren't too bad, I'm no audiophile:D but I'll probably re-rip the CD's I listen to most and replace the transcoded versions "eventually"!

neilthecellist

04-02-2005, 05:28 PM

Converting from one lossy format to another will result in quality loss. Surprised that neil did not point that out!

OMfG sorry, I forgot. I'm an audiophile myself, I should have known before to tell him/her! :)