Increasing bitrates

Thrawn87 · 6th January 2002, 21:14

I recently downloaded all of the Lord of the Rings audio books in mp3 format, except they've all been encoded at a bitrate of 32kbps. My mp3 discman (which I use to listen to in my car) only plays rates over 50kbps. Does anyone know of any programs that I can use?
I really don't want to go mp3>wav<mp3.
Thanks!

fish · 6th January 2002, 21:19

I heard that Musicmatch can up/downsample bitrates, but I haven't used that since around 1998 when you had to pay to get +128 encoding, which was still crap.

The best in my opinion, though, would to decode the mp3 and reencode it into an mp3 again. This wouldn't raise the quality of it at all, but it'll make it >50kbps =)

Aeroe · 6th January 2002, 21:25

could use dbpoweramp to change bitrates.
this is also a nice conversion tool w/ a UI, using lame:
http://winlame.sourceforge.net

just found that, i'm browsing along recently due to all this codec talk...

deathazre · 6th January 2002, 21:35

I think LAME will do that, and it doesn't mess with it.

DJ Egg · 6th January 2002, 22:56

CDex -> "Convert" Menu -> MPEG to MPEG
Naturally, you need to set the bitrate in "Setup -> Encoder tab" first.

Cdex is freeware, very simple to use, comes with LameEnc as default encoder, and only takes up less than 3mb of HDD after install (unlike MusicMatch: bloatware, 60+mb, XingEnc)

Also, bear in mind that re-encoding can result in poorer quality files, even when upping the bitrate. Lossy format to lossy format equals even more lossy format.

6th January 2002, 21:14	#1
Thrawn87 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1	Increasing bitrates I recently downloaded all of the Lord of the Rings audio books in mp3 format, except they've all been encoded at a bitrate of 32kbps. My mp3 discman (which I use to listen to in my car) only plays rates over 50kbps. Does anyone know of any programs that I can use? I really don't want to go mp3>wav<mp3. Thanks!

6th January 2002, 21:19	#2
fish Pretty Cool Guy Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Cle, OH, USA Posts: 4,847	I heard that Musicmatch can up/downsample bitrates, but I haven't used that since around 1998 when you had to pay to get +128 encoding, which was still crap. The best in my opinion, though, would to decode the mp3 and reencode it into an mp3 again. This wouldn't raise the quality of it at all, but it'll make it >50kbps =) eh, heh.

6th January 2002, 22:56	#5
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	CDex -> "Convert" Menu -> MPEG to MPEG Naturally, you need to set the bitrate in "Setup -> Encoder tab" first. Cdex is freeware, very simple to use, comes with LameEnc as default encoder, and only takes up less than 3mb of HDD after install (unlike MusicMatch: bloatware, 60+mb, XingEnc) Also, bear in mind that re-encoding can result in poorer quality files, even when upping the bitrate. Lossy format to lossy format equals even more lossy format. Playlist -\|- Twitter

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6th January 2002, 21:25	#3
Aeroe Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Assembly Hall Posts: 1,446	could use dbpoweramp to change bitrates. this is also a nice conversion tool w/ a UI, using lame: http://winlame.sourceforge.net just found that, i'm browsing along recently due to all this codec talk...

6th January 2002, 21:35	#4
deathazre Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: behind the wheel of a Cat service truck Posts: 1,847	I think LAME will do that, and it doesn't mess with it.