how do you squash mp3 songs to fit more on your player?

Question

help we have been told that you can shrink mp3 files so you can get more onto your player i bought my 8 year old one and he has been told he can get more songs on if we shrink the files how do you do this

thank you to all of you that gave sensible answers and why do we have to have the idots that give stupid ones

Answer 1

You can make MP3's smaller by lowering their bitrate.

You will probably need a bit of software to do that (mp3 encoder). I'm sure there are some freebies around on the internet.

As a rule. The most popular bitrate is 128kbs. However, you can get away with 96kbps without losing an awful amount of quality. It depends on what you are happy listening to.

go to http://www.filehippo.com and look at the Sound an Video section.

There's a good little app called Audiograbber, which will allow you to save mp3's and has a whole host of other features. You can even take traks directly from a CD to mp3!

Answer 2

If you already have a load of mp3 files the best freeware for doing this is Switch Sound File Converter
- http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html?ref=google&ref2=c24switchsearch&ref3=20file&gclid=CJHthI33jIYCFQlREgodSxc8jg

Click on "Windows download". The prog will ask you if you want to download other software - decline as none is free apart from Wavepad. When the programme is installed, run it and add the mp3s you want by clicking on the + sign. Then specify an output folder where your new tracks will go - usually in My Music folder or create a new folder especially for this task. Below that select output format = .mp3. Now click on encoder settings. In the new window make sure Constant Bitrate (CBR) is selected; now from the drop down menu choose the bitrate you want. Anything lower than 128kbps and you will notice a drop in quality but you can get away with 112 or 96kpbs. Once that's done, press convert.

If you want to convert mp3s from cds then load your cd whilst Switch is open and add the .cda files as usual. Hint: to load all tracks on a cd at once into Switch, press CTRL+A together.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

You could try encoding the songs at a lower bit rate. It will save space but sound quality will be reduced. Try and find the bit rate that hits the sweet spot for you (i.e. size v sound quality).

Answer 5

Use DBpoweramp
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

Answer 6

you can try a software called diet mp3, it reduces ur mp3 size by half.

Answer 7

only by lowering the bit rate

Answer 8

u got ur 8 year old a mp3?


HE IS 8...GET HIM A TONKA TRUCK