WebHelp:Auto-Conversion Configuration/5.0

Introduction

MediaMonkey offers Auto-Conversion when synchronizing and when streaming/casting to other devices. Auto-Conversion will not modify the original files in your MediaMonkey Library. This allows you to maintain a library of many file types on your PC while still being able to sync/stream/cast those files in formats the device is able to play.

Auto-Conversion Allows You to

• Sync and stream/cast any file in your MediaMonkey Library for any device by auto-converting it to a format supported by that device on-the-fly
• Convert files on-the-fly to lower bitrates to make more effective use of the limited storage capacity on a portable device when synchronizing or slower network connection when streaming/casting
• Level the volume of synced or streamed/cast files so that they play at a steady volume on any device (useful for devices that don't support Replay Gain).

Conversion Rules

Whenever the device is synced or streamed/cast, any files that match a set of auto-conversion rules specified by the user are converted on-the-fly.

• For stream/cast the Auto-Conversion settings are under Tools > Options > Media Sharing and then on the Auto-Conversion tab when you configure a Media Server.
• For Sync the Auto-Conversion settings are in the Device Profile. You can access this from the Devices & Services node in the Media Tree on the Sync Profile tab under Auto-Conversion.

  

  MediaMonkey Media Sharing Auto-Conversion Tab Options

  
  
  
• Conversion Rules are set in the upper part. Conversion Rules define what format should be converted to what format.

  

  MediaMonkey Auto-Conversion Rule Settings

  
  
  
  • Use Convert the following content to define it the rule applies to Audio or Video Files.
  • Use When the formats is to define whether to convert Any, All Incompatible or a specific File Type should be converted. Incompatible is any files not matching the settings in Supported Formats.
  • Use If any of the following conditions are true to limit the rule to a specific characteristic of the files. For example, this will allow you to Auto-Convert Any files over 192Kbps Bitrate.
  • Use To the following format to set the settings of how MediaMonkey should Auto-Convert. Under Format you set the File Type and using Customize you can set the specific settings to be used. For example, you can set it to convert MP3 to Standard: VBR ~192kbps - Very High Quality+.

If volume leveling is enabled, then:

• All tracks that are converted are leveled during the conversion process
• MP3 tracks are leveled using MP3 Gain style leveling (i.e. no loss in audio fidelity)
• For other tracks that don't need to be converted because they are in a format supported by the device, they are transcoded and leveled as follows:
  • WMA --> WMA 128 kbps CBR
  • OGG --> OGG Q4
  • Other formats are encoded to the encoder defaults for the given format
• For other tracks that are in a format that isn't supported by the device, they are transcoded and leveled to MP3 128 kbps CBR

Note that any of these defaults can be overridden simply by adding a new conversion rule.

Related Information

• Ripping & Digital File Formats
• MP3 Encoding Settings
• Basic Concepts: Volume Leveling

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