I do this all the time as well, converting both FLACs and higher-bitrate MP3s to 128 kbps MP3s for a portable device.
I didn't know foobar2000 could do this, but I find foobar very complicated for anything but simple playback. Anyway, I use two freeware LAME front-ends for this: 'RazorLame' (http://www.dors.de/razorlame/index.php) 'BonkEnc' (http://www.bonkenc.org/) You need the LAME encoder to use these. You will probably have it with your SlimServer installation. If you don't, you'd be well advised to get the latest as subsequent releases can bring large improvments. I got my compiled encoder from here: http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html RazorLame lets you use custom LAME arguments for total control. Unfortunately RazorLame doesn't support tagging, so you'll have to retag all your files. With 'Mp3tag' (http://www.mp3tag.de/en/) this isn't too difficult, just use the Convert Filename - Tag function. RazorLame also doesn't accept FLAC files. BonkEnc does accept FLAC files and does suport tagging but it's quite buggy and doesn't support custom LAME arguments. I wish I could have something with the stability and custom argument ability of RazorLame with the FLAC and tag compatibility of BonkEnc. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19586 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
