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Free mp4a - mp3 converter
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I'm here to spread the news... Switch audio converter if FREE
for converting m4a to mp3... I know! I tried it!
I spent a lot of time downloading installing and uninstalling
music converters that claimed to be free, only to find out the
bull of their limitations... converts half a song, only does
one song at a time - etc.. etc... etc... Then I found Switch
audio converter and thought I would write this blog page to
let others know about it.
Here's What I did with the FREE Version
How do I know
it works for free? Well I downloaded it and tried it on a folder
to convert a m4a album to mp3 and it worked. So, I selected
my main m4a folder which contained over 3,700 songs in artist
album folders and set the program up to mimic the folders and
files, basically creating duplicate folders in another location
that the mp3 music files are put in once converted. This way
I didn't have to go through all the folders that would have
(if not mimicked) had both the m4a and mp3 music in them to
delete the m4a files once mp3's were made. I didn't want or
need m4a's any more. Anyway I hit go and 24 hours later It had
created a duplicated folder with all my music (artist albums)
in sub folders with my mp3 files in them, just like my main
m4a folder.
PS: you can choose
your bitrate for conversion, I chose a bitrate of 160 because
my research showed the most dramatic improvements were up to
this point, then more suttle from here up on bitrate noticeable
difference. But you should do your own research to determine
for yourself what rate is best.
Issues along
the way...
There were a few times that the program stopped to say the file
already existed, I think this was because there were a few files
that already had a couple songs in mp3 format, I pushed replace
the file and it rewrote and continued on. Also, I noticed any
artwork - album covers were converted to mp3, go figure? anyway
when done I searched the main folder for (artwork) then deleted
those files, I really didn't have much artwork anyway. That's
all I tried it for, so that's all I can vouch for.
Here's where I found
Switch Audio File Converter!
Info from their site
Switch Audio File Conversion Software
Convert and encode sound files on Windows and Mac
Convert audio files from many different file formats to mp3,
wav or wma. For example convert wav to mp3, mp3 to wav, wma
to mp3 or many other formats. Just add the files you want to
convert, select the output format, and then click convert.
Switch is not simply an audio converter - it is the most comprehensive
and stable sound file converter program around. You can convert
your sound files into the formats you need to compress for storage,
create ringtones, add to a presentation, listen on your portable
device and much more. In fact, the possibilities are endless
using this powerful audio converter.
Download
Switch Audio File Converter for Windows (Free Version)
Download
Switch Audio File Converter for Mac OS X (Free Version)
Download Switch Audio File Converter for Mac OS X (Free Version)
We make Switch free in the hope you will like it so much you
will decide to upgrade to Switch Plus which supports additional
encode-to formats. You can download
Switch
Plus demo here or
purchase Switch Plus online here.
