The one thing that forces me to go back to wmp10 is the re-sampling of music with portable devices.
the philips key 505 does work with mm, but its just copying the songs over. I would rather it convert/ resample them. For instance. If i had some mp3 fiels i woukd like mm to put wma 64k files on my portable device, so i could have more files on there, especially because all my files are mp3 256!!!
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Hi all,
I was just curious of what edgefieldsaid earlier
If thats what you mean, then I too like the idea and think that the MM team should seriously think about adding it (if you have not already done so) because I have a 128mb (or 122mb after formatting) BenQ Joybee 150 and keep on having to convert my mp3s to 128 or 160 bitrates so i can fit enough mp3s onto the player, without losing quality on the computer. I think it would be great if MM would do this automatically when syncronising music to a player.
Thanks,
Julian AKA Julzcompufreek
I was just curious of what edgefieldsaid earlier
Does this mean that you want the mp3s to be good quality on the computer and have them convert into a lower quality for your mp3 player automatically when you sync them?If i had some mp3 fiels i woukd like mm to put wma 64k files on my portable device, so i could have more files on there, especially because all my files are mp3 256!!!
If thats what you mean, then I too like the idea and think that the MM team should seriously think about adding it (if you have not already done so) because I have a 128mb (or 122mb after formatting) BenQ Joybee 150 and keep on having to convert my mp3s to 128 or 160 bitrates so i can fit enough mp3s onto the player, without losing quality on the computer. I think it would be great if MM would do this automatically when syncronising music to a player.
Thanks,
Julian AKA Julzcompufreek
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Hi,
Yes I suppose you a right Lowlander, it already takes a while to transfer music on to a non-high speed (eg. USB 1.1) compatible mp3 player. Plus if you add the coversion time, that would take a very long time.
I takes me about 5 to 10 minutes to transfer 122mb of music onto my mp3 player (which is not high-speed) and it would probably take 5 times longer if you add conversion, which would take roughly about an hour.
I'm not sure though if the speed of converting varies with faster or slow processors or sound cards or how much RAM you have. Can someone please confirm that this is true or not?
Anyway, its upto the developers to decide wether it is worth it.
Julian aka julzcompufreek
Yes I suppose you a right Lowlander, it already takes a while to transfer music on to a non-high speed (eg. USB 1.1) compatible mp3 player. Plus if you add the coversion time, that would take a very long time.
I takes me about 5 to 10 minutes to transfer 122mb of music onto my mp3 player (which is not high-speed) and it would probably take 5 times longer if you add conversion, which would take roughly about an hour.
I'm not sure though if the speed of converting varies with faster or slow processors or sound cards or how much RAM you have. Can someone please confirm that this is true or not?
Anyway, its upto the developers to decide wether it is worth it.
Julian aka julzcompufreek
No, I certainly think it should be included. It's just a warning to the users out there, that this might be a slow process, a lot slower than people think off.
Of course the machine you use can make a difference, but I just wanted to give a caution that this will not be some institaneous event where all songs were transferred and converted.
Of course the machine you use can make a difference, but I just wanted to give a caution that this will not be some institaneous event where all songs were transferred and converted.
Lowlander (MediaMonkey user since 2003)