Comments on: Audio File Conversion

By: sweetalk

sweetalk — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 08:13:24 +0000

can you change the file of cd’s already ripped into itunes in mpeg4 or whatever default?
(ultimate destination is audacity)
or will i have to re rip the cd’s in aiff or mp3?

sweetalk

By: Mason

Mason — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:30:45 +0000

iTunes seems to the simplist on the Mac, but one could always use the CLI.

for i in *.wav; do lame $i `basename “$i” .wav`.mp3; done

By: Nathan Nutter

Nathan Nutter — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:21:45 +0000

Go with iTunes, Audacity would be overkill. iTunes will convert it to whatever you set in the import properties like Kim said.

So if you want it in AAC, iTunes will give you the convert option as long as the file is not already AAC. Just make the playlist (smart playlist using kind) and then select all and convert.

By: Brian Arnold

Brian Arnold — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:56:14 +0000

You could check out Audacity. It’s pretty slick, and works on Mac, Linux, and Windows.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net

By: JC

JC — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:59:50 +0000

regular audio file. Just import it into itunes and then follow the same directions kim gave above

By: Jeremy Flint

Jeremy Flint — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:48:28 +0000

This will work with just regular audio file as well, or do they have to be on a CD?

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:39:37 +0000

Itunes does this. Set the format in the CD import preference pane and then right click on the song you want to convert and choose “Convert Selection to (name of the format you chose)”