[Hawkeye_a]

Anyone know of an App that converts the bit rate of MP3s ?
I'd like to convert any MP3's w/ bitrates over 128kbps to 128kbps. i just want to drop a folder with music on it and it converts the bit rates....or somethign as easy as that.

Thanks.

[lucylawless]

in the itunes 'convert to mp3' dialogue you can just select all the contents of a folder

[fulmer]

what you might try is converting to aif or wav format, then back to mp3 @ 128 bits. if you try to re-rip an mp3 into an mp3 with a different bit rate, you may get weird results. mp3s are compressed, and compressing an already-compressed file can get hairy.

[Hawkeye_a]

Thanks. i just did it the first way. i got liek 1200 MP3s here, and i wont have time to convert t WAV and then back to MP3, but the cool thing is that so far, ive reduced the HD space by 600-800 MB for my MP3s which is awesome.
There should be an App that you can just drop a folder onto and it makes a duplicate with the desired bitrate MP3(VBR)/WAV/AIFF Files.
Of course it should be G4 Optomized.

[ReggieX]

Originally posted by Hawkeye_a:
<STRONG>There should be an App that you can just drop a folder onto and it makes a duplicate with the desired bitrate MP3(VBR)/WAV/AIFF Files.
Of course it should be G4 Optomized.</STRONG>

SoundJam / iTunes! Seriously, I use SJ all the time to convert MP3s to AIFF for making custom mix CDs. If you're just reducing the bitrate, don't even bother converting to another file type, it's a waste of time.

Personally, I don't know why you'd want to down-sample them unless it was for a portable player with Flash cards... says the guy with a whole 60G drive dedicated to MP3s