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Phatbox / Keg software and support => Phatnoise Media Manager => Topic started by: amd is the best on October 08, 2007, 06:58:08 am

Title: 48khz mp3 to 44khz?
Post by: amd is the best on October 08, 2007, 06:58:08 am

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

Title: Re: 48khz mp3 to 44khz?
Post by: VorTechS on October 08, 2007, 07:07:06 am

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.

Title: Re: 48khz mp3 to 44khz?
Post by: amd is the best on October 08, 2007, 05:06:51 pm

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

Thanks,
Nick

Title: Re: 48khz mp3 to 44khz?
Post by: markbowen on October 08, 2007, 07:34:09 pm

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 (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.

Title: Re: 48khz mp3 to 44khz?
Post by: sbingner on October 10, 2007, 09:46:00 am

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 ;)

Title: Re: 48khz mp3 to 44khz?
Post by: grymster on October 13, 2007, 03:43:11 am

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.