Well, the answer to your question is that I cannot detect any difference in
audio quality, and m4a files take up close to half the space of an
equivalent sounding mp3 file. This is important for storage conservation on
the SD cards when playing my music on the Book Sense when I'm not at my
computer. Also, the equalizer in the Book Sense actually has greater
differentiation in its settings for m4a files than it does for mp3 files.
I'm not sure that was intentional, but it's a fact nonetheless. So the music
actually does sound better in m4a on my Book Sense than an mp3 file of the
same thing. I suppose they'll "fix" that someday, but even if they do, I've
saved a lot of storage space, and money buying SD cards by converting my mp3
files to m4a. So I want to keep doing it.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter
Dumb question I'm sure but why do you want to convert from MP3 to M4A or
AAC? Mp3 should play just as well and you're certainly not gaining anything
in audio quality doing this as you're converting from 1 lossee format to
another thus losing quality in the conversion anyway.
If it helps I use the Switch Audio File Converter.
On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:15 am, Evan Reese <ment...@dslextreme.com> wrote:
Hello,
I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good
results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files,
and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my
Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly
after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with
it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen
albums or so are having this trouble.
Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because
apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion
after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also
remembered where I told it to store the converted files, which is not
where it stores them if you don't change it. And, needless to say, the
files I converted after a reinstall aren't any better.
So I think I'm gonna have to switch to another converter. I found some on
Google that say they convert mp3 to m4a, but I don't know how accessible
they are. So that's what I'm hoping someone here can help me with.
I'd appreciate any advice. This Freemake Audio Converter is accessible,
and a cinch to run, and I did thousands of files with it, but apparently
I've got to get something else.
Thanks much for any suggestions.
Evan
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