Actually, vlc does some converting but I've never completely figured it out. I've used switch to do some converting and it can convert whole directories, etc. I think I got it online rather than on the mac store but not sure. If I have some time I'll go look for the info.
-- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Jan 14, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Danny Noonan <da...@familynoonan.net> wrote: > VLC as far as I know is only a media player, not converter. It certainly > plays .ogg files. I use Amadeus pro for most conversions but that's an > expensive tool for just doing that. > I just installed a cheep app the other day called > RightClickMp3 > I can't remember how much it was but it wasn't much. You can find it in the > mac app store here > https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/rightclickmp3/id403565633?mt=12 > > It puts an option in your shortcut/context menu vo shift m or in the case of > at least MountainLion, in the services sub menu. Highlight the audio files > you want converted, go and select it as mentioned above and off it goes. > > When you first install the app, command O open it from the apps folder and > you can select bit rate etc. It's a very simple tool for a quick solution. No > bells and whistles, it just does what it says. > > I just converted an ogg file to make sure ogg was supported and in a few > seconds I had a 30 meg mp3 that played perfectly. > > Hope this helps. > > Danny: > > > On 15/01/2013, at 7:25 AM, Maxwell Ivey <maxwelli...@aol.com> wrote: > >> hello; do you know if vlc converts ogg to mp3? i used to use max because it >> was free but the most current version or at least the one for lion doesn't >> allow for ogg any more. thanks, max >> On Jan 14, 2013, at 2:21 PM, Danny Noonan wrote: >> >>> Just to add to this, I love vlc. It's set up as my default media player >>> for most media formats so I can keep my iTunes library clean as theirs now >>> no way to play items in iTunes and not add them to your library. Also, you >>> can easily set output device and it works with the apple remote. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my phone >>> >>> On 15/01/2013, at 7:10 AM, David McLean <david.mcl...@cox.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Vlc will play them. >>>> On Jan 14, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Marc Rocheleau <marcrochel...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey all, >>>>> >>>>> Can someone suggest an accessible media player that plays flac files? >>>>> I have a bunch transferred over from my PC and nothing to play them >>>>> with. Also, on the subject of media files, can someone recommend a >>>>> good app to edit ID3 tags? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance for any help you can offer! >>>>> >>>>> -Marc >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
