MP4 to MP3
 

Hi there

I have a folder of MP4a files (not sure how I managed to get that format) that I need to convert to MP3 to load onto a mobile phone.

Any suggestions all I can find on search is burning MP4 as MP3 onto a CD


Cheers

xxxDxxx

Hello there you,

Coming to my rescue again !

I can see on iTunes how to burn the files to MP3 but not how just to convert them.

Any ideas on how to do that, I think I may be being a bit blonde about this !

xxxDxx

Thanks,

will give it a try tonight, hopefull the ice will be melting in my glass before long.


xxxDxxx

Under normal circumstances, if I may comment, nobody would want to be converting from mp3 to m4a or vice versa. These are both lossy formats meaning they throw away information to help reduce in size. So if you have a bottle of Baileys & poor a full glass worth down the toilet, then you have left a compressed audio file namely mp4 or mp3. So if you convert them again, then that's another glass or so wasted. lol :D

If you only downlded them with the sole intention of copying to mobile phone I don't suppose it matters since the quality of mobile phone listen-ability isn't worth worrying about.

Thanks for the input, nice analogy Mr Lord

I just bought a V3i phone and though I may as well put some tunes on, it only accepts MP3. Thats the only reason why. I don't expect much from the quality !

I can assure you none of my Baileys will be wasted !


xxxDxxx

Mmmmwwwaaahhh x Hobo


Worked a treat, feet up Baileys, deepest joy

Thanks lots

xxxDxxx

Personally, I like M4a's and will convert any MP3 to M4a format even if their is a loss of quality. The songs that I have converted still sound good in stereo headphones. :D

Dead & Bloated

Hi there Whitney

I don't have a choice of file type, I bought a Motorola V3i (saves having an MP3 player & a phone to cary about) and the instructions told me to load only MP3 files.

It has a digital player and so far I am very impressed with the sound quality.

xxxDxxx

Listen to them on a hi-fidelity stereo system with hi quality speakers in a balanced sound set up, & then compare them to the original CD, & you'll notice a lot of difference in quality. Most notably loss of both high & low frequency range, loss of sound separation, loss of overall sound quality. A direct comparison using good listening equipment is the best way. Even sub-standard listening equipment will show how much considerable loss of quality there is.

But if you're happy with it, then that's fine. I'd just suggest you don't re-share your re-converted files. That "would" be unfair to those who are looking for reasonable quality files to get a hold of. Share your originals instead. (hint) ;)

hi there

I have the originals saved in my iPod shared file. I get what you are saying about the quality but isorry, it's all a bit lost on me really I just like a bop about while I dust !


xxxDxxx

Hi there Hobo

Sviatoslav Richter is all very well and good, but everyone knows you need Wham for dusting, now thats quality ;)

xxxDxxx

I am listening to rock music not a symphony so the sound quality will be more raw anyway which is what I like. A lot of music now is OVER produced. I like 'The White Stripes' because their music sounds raw.

When you're getting bootlegs of concert performances that have not been released on cd and probably never will be (except for Hendrix... his family appears to be trying to release everything he ever recorded no matter how bad the quality might be) then the quality is not great to begin with.

As for sharing originals, I would not waste my time making an M4a (using itunes) from a cd and then converting it to an mp3 so no worries there. (hint)

Dead & Bloated

a question, Lord...
 

that conversion business.. loss of quality.
does that include automatic conversion by the media player?

ie: when i download m4a, aac, wma, etc, import to realplayer & burn to cd. it converts all to mp3. or, is it just manually converting like in i-tunes (..Hobo)?

p.s. got all security squared away, and new router set up.:D