mp3 player software to convert and upload to player ??

[Andy100]

I have just got a new 384mb mp3 player. I am now looking for software which
will help me download tracks to it. It is just simple plug & play (i.e. drag
& drop the files onto the mp3 player).

I have about 13000 mp3's on a USB Hard Drive and some are ripped at 320kbs
ranging right back to 128kbs. Now, for the purpose of the mp3 player i just
want all tracks put on there to be at 128kbs. So that's the first thing i
want the mp3 software to do, convert all files for the mp3 player into
128kbs (to save space !).

Second thing i want it to do is to read and make playlists. Because my taste
in music changes nearly every week, i'd be changing the songs on there
weekly. But in a few months i might want what was on it at week 1. i.e. i
want to be able to save the different playlists for downloading to the
player depending on what i want to hear.

In a nutshell, i want to be able to create a playlist of songs which i can
load into the software, then the software should convert all the files to
128kbs (only if the file wasn't already at 128kbs !), then send them to my
player (N:/ drive).

Thanks for any input !

Andy

 

[jo]

I have about 13000 mp3's on a USB Hard Drive and some are ripped at 320kbs
ranging right back to 128kbs. Now, for the purpose of the mp3 player i just
want all tracks put on there to be at 128kbs. So that's the first thing i
want the mp3 software to do, convert all files for the mp3 player into
128kbs (to save space !).

Won't any ripper, eg, Audiograbber, do this?

http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

 

[Andy100]

Yes, but it's not an 'all-in-one' solution. It won't upload to my mp3
player. I know i can do this in 2 steps, but the point of my question was
'is there software which will do both'.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Eric]

Yes, but it's not an 'all-in-one' solution. It won't upload to my mp3
player. I know i can do this in 2 steps, but the point of my question was
'is there software which will do both'.

Cheers
Andy

Does your player appear as a drive letter? Just set the output from
your rip/convert program to that drive.

 

[Andy100]

Eric, you're a genius. I'm so stupid !. Of course, why didn't i think of
that ?????

Cheers
Andy

 

[Andy100]

BUT !!! - noticed a major flaw ! - AudioCatalyst doesn't like to convert
mp3s into mp3s !!

So next question is - Is there a drag & drop utility which i can pull, say
192kbps mp3s onto and then it will convert them to 128kbps and copy them to
my memory card (shown as N:\ in my computer) ??

Or a right click version where i can choose auto convert to 128kbps and copy
to nominated folder with just a simple right click ??

Cheers
Andy

 

[Eric]

My Winamp (v2.91) has an MP3 Output option that lets me pick the
drive/directory and the bit rate. It's called Chun-Yu's MP3 Writer
Plug-In and I'm sure I got it from the Winamp site.

It doesn't care what format the original file is in.
Solves your problems; play lists, converts, saves to your device

 

[Andy100]

Cheers again Eric for your help. I'll give that a go !

Thanks
Andy