"CES" <N...@NotAnEmailAddress.com> wrote in message

> All,

> I'm looking for a way of  re-encoding my all of my MP3's (folders and
> directory structure) from 320kbs to 192kbs in one pass. I currently use
> Musicmatch as my encoder but it will only allow me to re-encode individual
> files in a specific folder and not all of the files in all of the folders
at
> one time. I  would like to keep them as MP3 and not convert them to
another
> format so Windows Media Player is out  -  Is their a program that will do
> it???

> Thanks in advance.

> CES

"CES" <N...@NotAnEmailAddress.com> wrote in message

> All,

> I'm looking for a way of  re-encoding my all of my MP3's (folders and
> directory structure) from 320kbs to 192kbs in one pass. I currently
use
> Musicmatch as my encoder but it will only allow me to re-encode
individual
> files in a specific folder and not all of the files in all of the
folders at
> one time. I  would like to keep them as MP3 and not convert them to
another
> format so Windows Media Player is out  -  Is their a program that will
do
> it???
> Thanks in advance.
> CES

"CES" <N...@NotAnEmailAddress.com> wrote in message <news:99v4b.73524$Sq.13780823@twister.nyc.rr.com>...
> All,

> I'm looking for a way of  re-encoding my all of my MP3's (folders and
> directory structure) from 320kbs to 192kbs in one pass. I currently use
> Musicmatch as my encoder but it will only allow me to re-encode individual
> files in a specific folder and not all of the files in all of the folders at
> one time. I  would like to keep them as MP3 and not convert them to another
> format so Windows Media Player is out  -  Is their a program that will do
> it???

> Thanks in advance.

> CES

A.Freib...@cenit.de (Armin Freiberg) wrote:
> As being an old command-line fan I use lame.exe for this...
> It has the switch --mp3input which means it takes an MP3 file
> (decodes it internally) and encodes it in the new bit rate.
> This can be quite easily done for whole directories with some
> batch programming.
> If anybody is intersted in details - contact me:
> xA.xFreib...@xcenit.xde
> (remove all x)

> Regards
> Armin Freiberg

> "CES" <N...@NotAnEmailAddress.com> wrote in message <news:99v4b.73524$Sq.13780823@twister.nyc.rr.com>...
>> All,

>> I'm looking for a way of  re-encoding my all of my MP3's (folders and
>> directory structure) from 320kbs to 192kbs in one pass. I currently use
>> Musicmatch as my encoder but it will only allow me to re-encode individual
>> files in a specific folder and not all of the files in all of the folders at
>> one time. I  would like to keep them as MP3 and not convert them to another
>> format so Windows Media Player is out  -  Is their a program that will do
>> it???

>> Thanks in advance.

>> CES

DaveS <da...@telus.net> wrote in message <news:uad9mv3ur.fsf@telus.net>...
> A.Freib...@cenit.de (Armin Freiberg) wrote:

> > As being an old command-line fan I use lame.exe for this...
> > It has the switch --mp3input which means it takes an MP3 file
> > (decodes it internally) and encodes it in the new bit rate.
> > This can be quite easily done for whole directories with some
> > batch programming.
> > If anybody is intersted in details - contact me:
> > xA.xFreib...@xcenit.xde
> > (remove all x)

> > Regards
> > Armin Freiberg

...

> I was under the impression that doing this will degrade the quality.
> ie. 320kps -> 192kbs will result in worse quality then initially
> encoding at 192kbs.  

> IIRC OGG Vorbis doesn't suffer from this problem though.

On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 05:28:03 GMT, DaveS <da...@telus.net> wrote:
>I was under the impression that doing this will degrade the quality.
>ie. 320kps -> 192kbs will result in worse quality then initially
>encoding at 192kbs.  

anthonyberet wrote:
> Hi, I have set up a quick online poll, to try and get some real
> data about whether filsharing decreases or increases
> published-music sales (of course the RIAA wont do this research, as
> it could only harm their "100% badness" stance). I have added the
> url to my sig.
> Feel free to link to it, as the more that vote, the better, of
> course. I think a few hundred votes are really needed for the thing
> to carry any weight. (Please only vote once though).
> The poll is very simple, and I would love to do a decent online
> survey (and without banner ads), but
> for now, this will have to do.

"Kraftee" <kraf...@bogoffspammer.ntlworld.com> wrote in message

> anthonyberet wrote:
> > Hi, I have set up a quick online poll, to try and get some real
> > data about whether filsharing decreases or increases
> > published-music sales (of course the RIAA wont do this research, as
> > it could only harm their "100% badness" stance). I have added the
> > url to my sig.
> > Feel free to link to it, as the more that vote, the better, of
> > course. I think a few hundred votes are really needed for the thing
> > to carry any weight. (Please only vote once though).
> > The poll is very simple, and I would love to do a decent online
> > survey (and without banner ads), but
> > for now, this will have to do.

> So good & simple that it doesn't really exist, or did you really mean
> to leave the URL out..

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|| anthonyberet wrote: