 |
 |
M4a conversion help
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Feb 2006
Status:
Offline
|
|
I am looking for a conversion tool to convert my mp3s into m4a...
I know what youre saying, I can do this in itunes. The problem is I have a batch of approximately 3000 songs I want to convert, and it would be a major hastle trying to delete out all the mp3s from my library after I convert them all. I would rather do it, delete my library, then be on my way.
Any suggestions? Thanks.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Northern California
Status:
Offline
|
|
iTunes allows you to sort by Kind (go to "View Options..." and turn on the "Kind" column), so you could just select all the MP3 files and delete them.
|
Mac OS X 10.5.0, Mac Pro 2.66GHz/2 GB RAM/X1900 XT, 23" ACD
esdesign
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Yokohama, Japan
Status:
Offline
|
|
Note that you will lose quality when converting from MP3 into M4A.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Feb 2006
Status:
Offline
|
|
really? the whole reason I am doing this is to get a better quality. Youre saying I will actually lose quality doing so?
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Feb 2006
Status:
Offline
|
|
And by the way thank you for the help Apfhex
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: FFM
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by evanem82
really? the whole reason I am doing this is to get a better quality. Youre saying I will actually lose quality doing so?
If you have a high-end 8 megapixel digital camera, and make pictures of your polaroids, will you get better quality?
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Montréal, Québec (Canada)
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by evanem82
really? the whole reason I am doing this is to get a better quality. Youre saying I will actually lose quality doing so?
MP3 and M4A (as well as JPG) use a lossy compression algorithm, which means that the information discarded to save space is lost forever. ZIP and other file compression formats restore the orignal data in its entirety.
At best, if you were to use the highest setting possible, you could theorically achieve a quality close to the orignal MP3 file, but as you have to re-compress the data a second time, you will inevitably obtain a quality degradation. It's like doing a photocopy of a photocopy. Each iteration lessens the quality. Even if you use a high-end Xerox the second time, you cannot get back to the clarity of the original document. Under no circumstance you will end up with a file of higher quality, unless you rip the file again, in M4A from the beginning.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Feb 2006
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by FireWire
MP3 and M4A (as well as JPG) use a lossy compression algorithm, which means that the information discarded to save space is lost forever. ZIP and other file compression formats restore the orignal data in its entirety.
At best, if you were to use the highest setting possible, you could theorically achieve a quality close to the orignal MP3 file, but as you have to re-compress the data a second time, you will inevitably obtain a quality degradation. It's like doing a photocopy of a photocopy. Each iteration lessens the quality. Even if you use a high-end Xerox the second time, you cannot get back to the clarity of the original document. Under no circumstance you will end up with a file of higher quality, unless you rip the file again, in M4A from the beginning.
I see, thank you. This forum is helpful as always.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
|
|
Forum Rules
|
|
|
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top
