Itunes help

Keanosafc

Hi, just wondering if Itunes can change the bit rate of my mp3's which are stored on the pc.

The reason for this is due to me having to do away with my desktop and transfer everything onto my laptop.

Quite a few mp3 tracks are 200+kbps in size, however I want to reconvert them to 128kbps,

can this be done in itunes ,and would it still hold enough quality to listen through headphones?

cheers

randomtask_2

It is possible. To convert, first make sure your current import settings are set to 128kbps via your preferences, then right-click the selected tracks you wish to convert and choose 'convert to...' This creates a new file so you will have to delete the old one.

However, I'd say that compressing already lossy audio files further will result in a noticeable drop in quality. Depending on how good your headphones are (and how good or discerning your ears are) you might find this an issue. Do a test first on a few of your favourite tracks that you know well and see if you can tell the difference.

Another suggestion is to back this the music onto an external hard drive or to burn a DVD or two.

Keanosafc

randomtask wrote: »

It is possible. To convert, first make sure your current import settings are set to 128kbps via your preferences, then right-click the selected tracks you wish to convert and choose 'convert to...' This creates a new file so you will have to delete the old one.

However, I'd say that compressing already lossy audio files further will result in a noticeable drop in quality. Depending on how good your headphones are (and how good or discerning your ears are) you might find this an issue. Do a test first on a few of your favourite tracks that you know well and see if you can tell the difference.

Another suggestion is to back this the music onto an external hard drive or to burn a DVD or two.

Cheers, I have 18gb but can't afford an external drive, looks like dvds then.