What's the best free or cheap program to convert m4p files to mp3? [more inside]
posted by jitterbug perfume on Sep 20, 2009 - 10 answers

What is the simplest way (free or otherwise) to convert M4P and M4A audio files to MP3 en masse?
posted by fusinski on Mar 1, 2009 - 13 answers

I have thousands of WMA files I want converted to MP3. Is there a freeware program or a good inexpensive program that will batch convert the files while preserving the original bitrate and ID3 in the final MP3 file and also creating a directory structure such as artist\album? This is for Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
posted by KI6ILS on Nov 3, 2008 - 9 answers

I have hundreds of Digital Audio Tapes (DATs) recorded at 44.1 and 32khz LP mode I'd like to encode to Mp3 format. I have a laptop w/o a digital input or SCSI port. I would ideally like to be able to just press PLAY and have the computer convert the entire tape to a WAV file, or broken up with start IDs from the DAT tapes [more inside]
posted by bmilner on Oct 13, 2008 - 8 answers

Is there a conversion site that converts pdf to mp3? If not, is there freeware that does it? [more inside]
posted by Eiwalker on Feb 22, 2008 - 11 answers

At work, we have to deal with many many requests for audio clips. That is, receiving a CD, cutting 30, 60 or 90 seconds (or some other arbitrary length) from some or all of the tracks and turning them into MP3 or FLV files for use on our websites. I'm searching for a way to better automate this process, as it is unbelievably tedious process as you can imagine. My ideal solution would be able to insert a CD (or take a set of mp3 files) and run a program that would let me select start and end points for all tracks or each track individually, select a format (mp3 required, swf/flv nice but not absolutely necessary) and press a button to have it executed. Does anyone know of such a beast?
posted by softlord on Oct 9, 2007 - 13 answers

Please suggest a Windows or Linux tool to batch-convert ogg files to mp3. [more inside]
posted by jlub on Dec 15, 2006 - 11 answers

What should I use to convert m4a to mp3. [more inside]
posted by miniape on Aug 31, 2006 - 26 answers

I need a free program to convert asf audio files to mp3. Google provides plenty of programs, but they all require payment to convert the entire file.
posted by punishinglemur on Feb 9, 2006 - 8 answers

I just rediscovered the greatness of the Live Music Archive and would like to covert the .shn shows to .mp3, so they will play on an iPod (the FAQ implies this is OK as long as they are not uploaded or distributed). Are there any freeware (XP) programs that can batch process these files? Bonus points if there is a program that can also add converted files to iTunes.
posted by ajr on Jan 12, 2005 - 13 answers

Anyone know an easy way to convert Shorten files to mp3 - preferably high-bit-rate VBR?
posted by mojohand on May 21, 2004 - 6 answers

What's the best software for recording real audio streams and converting to mp3?
posted by echelon on Dec 11, 2003 - 8 answers