[LBo] Looking for an application to bulk convert mp3 to ogg

[Anita Lewis]

On 05/22/2007 01:50 AM David Roseman wrote:
> Hi,
> =

> I have a large collection of mp3 files which I have collected from when I
> was using MS, and what I am looking to do is convert these to ogg and then
> to archive all my mp3s in case the oggs get corrupted.  Is there an
> application which can carry out this task swiftly and generally in an
> automated fashion ?
> =

> Thanks
> Dave

Converting from on lossy format to another is not the best idea.  See
the FAQ at vorbis.com: http://www.vorbis.com/faq/#transcode

"You can convert any audio format to Ogg Vorbis. However, converting
from one lossy format, like MP3, to another lossy format, like Vorbis,
is generally a bad idea. Both MP3 and Vorbis encoders achieve high
compression ratios by throwing away parts of the audio waveform that you
probably won't hear. However, the MP3 and Vorbis codecs are very
different, so they each will throw away different parts of the audio,
although there certainly is some overlap...."

Anita

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