File Converter

Anyone know of a good file converter? I'm looking for one that can do audio and video files.

Not sure if this is strictly relevant, but I use RealPlayer to change audio files.

Like if I'm downloading a YouTube video because I want the audio (say, a Bleach opening theme) I'll download it using RealPlayer and then I'll get the option to convert it to MP3 and various other files types.

If that's the sort of thing you're looking for, go ahead and try it out. It works pretty well, and my iTunes can support that point.

Just be aware that sometimes in the conversion process, if your computer slows down too much, it could affect the file. I once converted a lot of the music I had on my computer, and when I went to listen to the converted files, some songs played way too quickly, some had the ends cut off, and some skipped constantly.

If you use something that isn't freeware, that is less likely to happen, but it's still something to be aware of... Make backups before converting!

Audacity for sound files

and I have a number of ideas on the video converter but the top two are

VirtualDubMod- You can load a number of video files and manage to change the filter in program. I beleive if you write the correct line in a script you can use the mod to change your video file into whatever you need

WinAVI (Eh its changes things and has the filter option )

What I'm trying to do is find something that can convert .flac files into mp3/mp4 so I can put on my Ipod.

Shadowed Luminous wrote:

Audacity for sound files

Will Audacity let me do this?

Never used that file type before , but it's worth a shot

Depends what your converting to what but I use Super a lot and Any Video for Videos and Audacity for audio. Just did a quick search for flac to mp3 and came up with Eufony, never having encountered this extension before I don't know if it will work though; hope this helps.

Flac is a super high quality audio extension. It is used by most of the audio industry before compressing the file sizes. Most of the time, if you download a file in super high quality from the website of an audio company, you will get the file in flac format.

I'll give you a brief rundown on how to get flac to mp3:

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First things first, make sure you’ve downloaded and installed Winamp, the Flac with library support plug-in for Winamp, and iTunes, all of which are free.

There are two steps in converting your .flac files to .mp3. The first is to decode the .flac’s into .wav files. After that’s done, you’ll encode the .wav files into .mp3’s.


1.Open Winamp and select Options and then Preferences… (note: if you’re using the “classic version” skin, open the Winamp Preferences by clicking the Control and p keys on your keyboard)


2.Select Output from the Plug-ins section of the left window, and then select Nullsoft Disk Writer. Click Configure.


3.Click the Directory: button so you can choose a location to save the .wav files


4.Navigate to the folder you want to save the .wav files in. Best to save them in the same folder as the .flac files.


5.Click OK to return to the Preferences window, and then Close to return to Winamp. Now select File -> Play file… and navigate to the folder with your .flac files. Select all of the .flac files by single-clicking the first file, holding down the Shift key on your keyboard, and then single-clicking the last file. When all of the files are selected, click Open


6.Press the Play button. Winamp will now decode the .flac files and turn them into .wav files. It typically takes about 20 seconds to convert a 5 minute song, but this depends on how “fast” your PC is.
Once Winamp is done decoding the files, make sure to set the Plug-ins -> Output back to DirectSound output, or the next time you try to play a file using Winamp, it will decode that file instead.

Check to make sure all of the .wav files were created.



Next is the itunes portion of this fun little trip:


1.First you need to make sure that iTunes will encode the songs to .mp3 (rather than the default, which is .aac). Start by selecting Edit and then Preferences…


2.On the General tab click the Import Settings… button.


3.Select MP3 Encoder from the Import Using: list, and then choose a quality from the Setting list. Click OK when you’re done.


4.Back in the main iTunes window, select File and then Add Folder to Library…


5.Navigate to the folder that you saved the .wav files in and select it. Click OK


6.Find the newly imported .wav files in iTunes and select them all (single-click the first file, hold down the Shift key on your keyboard, and then single-click the last file). Right-click on any of the selected files and choose Create MP3 Version. You may want to get a cup of coffee right now, as this step will take a while (depending on the number of files you’re converting).


7.iTunes will let you know it’s done converting the files by playing a little “beep”. Now is also a good time to remove the .wav files from your iTunes library so you don’t confuse them with the (identical looking) mp3 files. With the .wav files still highlighted, click the Delete key on your keyboard. If prompted, click the Remove button.


That’s it, you’re done! Rename the files in iTunes (if you wish), give them a listen or transfer them to your iPod/mp3 player. Don’t forget to delete the .wav files if you no longer need them – they’re pretty big and take up quite a bit of space on your hard drive.

The .mp3 files can be found by going to My Documents -> My Music -> iTunes -> iTunes Music -> Artist Name -> Album Name



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