48khz mp3 to 44khz?

[amd is the best]

Hello everyone, I have an album that has been encoded in 48khz and the phatbox does not support over 44khz.  Does anyone know of a way to convert them to 44khz or to get the phatbox to play the files?

Thanks in advance,
Nick

[VorTechS]

What is the file format?  MP3, FLAC, OGG?

I have a good set of tools [that I plan to replace in PhatHack Media Manager] called 'Fairstars Audio Converter' which does a pretty good job transcoding between loads of different file formats.

If you can pick those up, they should do the conversion without a problem.

If you want something for free.... then you'll have to wait a few months until I've completed the transcoding tools I have planned.

[amd is the best]

It's in mp3 format.  I'll have to look into that software.

Thanks,
Nick

[markbowen]

There is a free program called Switch, which will allow you to convert your files to any format.  You should be able to do an mp3 to mp3 conversion at the same bitrate, but change the frequency to 44khz (most programs will default to 44 anyway).  Find Switch here:  http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html

If you happen to have a dedicated sound card (such as Creative or the like), most installers include some basic audio tools that can also perform such conversions.

[sbingner]

Remember though, any such conversion from lossy format to lossy format results in a degredation in the quality of the file... not that you have much choice in this circumstance, but save the 48KHz files

[grymster]

If you have PC with Linux you could use lame and attached perl script
It reads whole directory and re-sample each mp3 file and add '_' at the end of the file name.
Only you need to do chose bit rate inside script.

P.S. You will lose TAGs in new files
And you can use it in Windows too.