Best way to re encode mp3's?

nny0000 · 12-31-2012, 06:11 PM

I would like to reduce my music library and I am wondering what the best way to go about it. I have a bunch of mp3's of all bitrates and I want to drop them down to 128Kpbs to save space.

Would it be better to convert them into WAV, then convert them back to MP3 or should I just convert MP3 to MP3? Re-ripping them from CD's isn't an option.

Also any software recommendations? My two biggest things I am looking for the program is to keep my directory structure as well as do batch file processing.

Thanks

acid_kewpie · 12-31-2012, 06:19 PM

going via PCM WAV files is pointless at best. lame can convert if you wish, 128s will suck though, hope you have a good reason to do this/

nny0000 · 12-31-2012, 06:28 PM

My 320 Kbps are just taking up too much space. Plus I want my music library to fit on my phone. I am not an audio fanatic, but I do want decent quality. Is 192Kbps a better option? I want to get the decent quality but cut down the size of the library by 30%.

acid_kewpie · 12-31-2012, 06:30 PM

phone? what phone? if it's android, maybe look at using google music instead.

reencoding from one compressed format to another, you'll lose a lot of quality.