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MediaMonkey allows you to convert tracks in your Library from one compression format to another while transferring Track properties into the destination format's tags. This is useful if you have a device that only supports one format (e.g. if have a portable MP3 player you may want to convert OGG files to MP3). Note that when converting from one lossy compression format to another, there is always some loss in fidelity. To maintain the highest possible quality for your collection, do not replace the original file.

To convert, select the Track(s) you want to convert and click Tools > Convert Audio Format . The Convert Audio Format dialog will appear, from which you may configure:

Whether to replace the original files or convert the files to a new destination.
The compression format to be used for ripping the Tracks. See Digital Ripping & Digital File Formats and MP3 Encoder Settings.
Whether the volume of the Tracks should be leveled as they are encoded. This is slightly different from just analyzing the volume levels, since in addition to performing the analysis, this actually modifies the volume levels of the converted Track.
The Directory and Filename format to be used for the new Tracks. Choose the format in which your files will be saved by clicking the <Artist>, <Album>, etc. buttons, and click the folder button if you wish to save to a different folder than the source files. Note that if you have not changed the directory or format used, the conversion may replace existing files.

See Configuring Directory and Filename Formats.

Press 'Ok' to proceed with the conversion.

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 MediaMonkey allows you to convert tracks in your Library from one compression format to another while transferring Track properties into the destination format's tags. This is useful if you have a device that only supports one format (e.g. if have a portable MP3 player you may want to convert OGG files to MP3). Note that when converting from one lossy compression format to another, there is always some loss in fidelity. To maintain the highest possible quality for your collection, do not replace the original file.
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 Press 'Ok' to proceed with the conversion.
-== Properly Passing Artwork to Converted Files ==
-When '''converting audio files''' to a new folder, as opposed to replacing existing tracks, the album art is carried forward in the same format:
-) A song with art stored as ''per-track metadata'' gets converted with the original art also embedded in the metadata of the converted-to copy.
-) A song with art stored at the ''folder level'', gets converted with a copy of the folder.jpg art.
-This leads to a complication.  Media Monkey users with playback hardware that does not support automated synchronization can use the convert format tool as a means of quickly copying playlists of individual tracks from many different albums into a new single folder, which they can then move to their portable playback device.  In this case, the set of copied songs each have the correct art work only if each source song had its art stored per track as metadata.  Otherwise -- if any copied-from song had its art stored at the folder level -- then the new single folder of song copies will have as many instances of "folder(#).jpg" as there were distinct folders in the copy-from set.  (And in this case, there is no link between the new song files that lack metadata art to their original folder art .jpg.  Instead, the metadataless songs will display the album art for only the first folder.jpg copied.)
-There are two workarounds for this:
-A) Do such conversions only at the album level, so that each conversion is to a separate new folder, each containing one copy of the original album art.  This only works if you wish your playback device to have whole copies of the albums, as opposed to a select playlist of specific songs.  It is also manual labor intensive, especially-so for large libraries.
-B) Alternatively, before doing the conversion of the source playlist, copy each track's album art into metadata art (only necessary for each track ''in the playlist'').  This is also very manual labor intensive, but at least it allows users to create a song set for their portable device that selects just certain songs.
-Users have requested a new option in the conversion tool, that would ''automatically embed folder-level album art from source files as metadata art in the converted-to files''.  For users with large playlists, this would ensure correct art in their portable device song sets, ''with no manual labor by the user''.
-Strictly, there is a third work-around: C) When initially building your song library, users can store all album art as per-track metadata.  This is reasonable for users with no anticipation of future storage space limitations.  However, Media Monkey users tend to be serious music collectors.  Their libraries grow very large, especially over years of use.  Further, some MM users also prefer to store higher quality art as part of their enjoyment of their libraries.  In such cases, storing roughly 12 redundant copies of every track's art can consume a lot of memory.  For such users, the above-noted requested software enhancement is the best answer.  For everyone else, work-around C is probably the best option.
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