Mp3 converter

[Pedro Teixeira]

Anyone knows a good freeware wav to mp3 converter? Besides iTunes, I don't want to install a player that installs a fuckload of shit running in the background just for conversion use..

 

[K Odell]

I use a program called switch but sometimes it can act a little weird on me.

 

[Keregioz]

Winlame

 

[FIXXXER]

CDEX (lame encoder)

 

[botus99]

dbPoweamp

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

Thanks a lot guys!! Just tried Switch as Bloodjinn suggested and it worked great! Thanks

 

[JBroll]

Consider using Ogg Vorbis if your players support it (any software that doesn't suck is fine with it, and a lot of standalone MP3 players can be... persuaded to handle it), as it's free and tends to have a significantly better quality-to-size ratio than MP3.

Jeff

 

[Torniojaws]

Consider using Ogg Vorbis if your players support it (any software that doesn't suck is fine with it, and a lot of standalone MP3 players can be... persuaded to handle it), as it's free and tends to have a significantly better quality-to-size ratio than MP3.

Isn't that only at 128 kbit and lower bitrates? Or have they finally improved the higher bitrate quality too? Last time I checked, mp3 had far higher quality with 192 kbit and higher, with the comment that OGG had lower high frequency quality.

Ie. for portable use, OGG is better. But high quality compression (heh) is mp3's forte.

 

[JBroll]

Higher bitrate quality has gone up, the last sources I've seen for low-bitrate superiority only are years old. Vorbis has changed a lot lately.

Jeff

 

[plague_rider]

I know you got it sorted already, but GoldWave is pretty good, allows for editing and normalisation too...