Topic: aac to mp3 conversion

[twoodruff]

is anyone doing this? just trying to back up my aac files as mp3s so I can play in my universal

[OFOTD]

www.dbpoweramp.com

It really does ALL of your conversions thanks to all its assorted plugins.

[cpatch]

If it's AACs you've purchased from the iTunes Music Store you have to either burn them to a CD and rip them back as MP3s or capture them as a digital stream while playing (using a tool such as Audio Hijack Pro on the Mac). Before iTunes 6 you used to be able to remove the DRM and convert to MP3 using iTunes itself but no more (at least for now).

Craig

[scb]

does aac > mp3 sound as bad as i'd think?  (lossy  --->  more lossy)?

[Will_S]

does aac > mp3 sound as bad as i'd think?  (lossy  --->  more lossy)?

Lately, I've been playing around a lot with taking wave forms from comprssed tracks, subtracting off the original track, and seeing/hearing what's left.  In my experience, it seems like you loose a little bit going from lossy > lossy, but not nearly as much as you did in the original compression.  So if AAC is bad, AAC>MP3 will be worse, but not 2x as bad.

(Again IME) you lose very very little if you transcode at a higher bitrate, going from say 128 kbps AAC > LAME aps MP3.  When the sample is simple to being with, the compressor doesn't have to throw as much stuff out.

[RRobar]

If your running an iPod why worry if it's universal? I only make 'em for myself and only play them in iTunes so I've never really cared. Plus, I think the VBR AAC files sound much better anyway. Just my thoughts