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[Invictus]

I'm looking for an audio converter primarily to convert .ogg to .mp3.

Are there any decent freeware programs out there or must I go commercial?

I have noticed this product, but needless to say you have to pay for it...
Audio Wizard

[rridgely]

db poweramp 10(last freeware version)
http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/Au...dBpowerAmp.html

[Invictus]

Thanks rridgely...I actually found version 11 a minute ago and should I purchase it it is much cheaper than the earlier link I provided.

[Andavari]

You don't have to buy anything, what's listed below is completely free or open source software.

1. Download oggdec v1.9.2.
2. Download LAME 3.97b2, the package that contains lame.exe. Note: It's the best mp3 encoder!.
3. Download ALL2LAME.
4. Unzip ALL2LAME into it's own folder such as C:\ALL2LAME.
5. Unzip oggdec v1.9.2 into the C:\ALL2LAME folder.
6. Go here to find out how to encode at your preferred bitrate/quality. Input that bitrate/quality you want into the ALL2LAME switches area.
7. Add your ogg's into the ALL2LAME window and click Encode.

And since you'll be transcoding ("converting") your audio files I highly recommend that you keep the original .ogg audio files, hence transcoding from one lossy format to another one will cause a loss of quality.

If you need any specific information or help configuring ALL2LAME just ask here and I'll help you.

[Eldmannen]

It is probably a better idea to keep the files as Ogg Vorbis instead of converting them to MP3 if possible.
Because Ogg Vorbis provides better compression and higher quality.

[Andavari]

Eldmannen, on Mar 7 2006, 10:39 AM, said:

It is probably a better idea to keep the files as Ogg Vorbis instead of converting them to MP3 if possible.

Agreed!
However I suspect he wants mp3's for a portable player which would make sense, although re-ripping and encoding directly to mp3 from the original CD's would be the best choice to have the best quality mp3's versus hideous transcoding.

[Invictus]

I know Ogg Vorbis does a better job than MP3, my problem is that I can only download the needed music in ogg format.
F
rom there I need a way to convert the ogg files to both mp3 and wav.

So far db poweramp is catering my needs, but I do appreciate the alternative way you indicated Andavari.

[Andavari]

Yeah my way is probably the slower more involved way of doing it. I just hope dbPowerAmp can copy the tag's from the ogg's into the mp3's so that you aren't having to re-tag everything.