welcome to my music library nightmare

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January 2nd, 2012, 09:53 AM
romanticcowboy

welcome to my music library nightmare

i have a music library of about 570gb the problem im having is its in different formats , id like to find a program that would allow me to scan my music folders and batch convert non mp3s to mp3 as i dj online with sam broadcaster and it doesn't support some formats i have any help would be greatly appreciated thank you i have a windows 7 64bit system with 4gb of ddr2 amd Athlon 2 mobile processor ,320gb internal drive and 1.5 terabyte external :D and welcome to my nightmare by alice cooper keeps playing in my head when look at my music library please helppppppp
January 2nd, 2012, 11:11 AM
bagggi

get audacity

this process is long though, very long for 570 gb of music

it records the music while you play the song on any player and then enable you to save as mp3
January 2nd, 2012, 11:16 AM
romanticcowboy

Quote:

Originally Posted by bagggi

get audacity

this process is long though, very long for 570 gb of music

it records the music while you play the song on any player and then enable you to save as mp3

thing is that would take months ty for the advice though ,im trying to find something that would scan my music folders find the tracks that arnt mp3 and allow me to convert them in one shot
January 2nd, 2012, 11:29 AM
bagggi

have heard that itunes scans the drive for media and converts everything into its format. and that is more of a one shot thing.

mind you, have not tried it myself
January 2nd, 2012, 11:38 PM
gore

Do you have access to a FreeBSD or PC-BSD machine? In the audio section of both OSs, they have something like 15 different tools to change formats of music, and I don't know of any other that has that many.
January 3rd, 2012, 06:36 AM
treanglin

If you're running windows, you may want to take a stab at the task with GoldWave. (goldwave.com)

It offers 32bit and 64bit versions and has batch conversion capabilities of single files and folders. It also has the wonderful ability to "scan" subfolders and convert the files in those folders as well.

One problem, as you've mentioned, is that you only want to convert audio files which are not already in mp3 format.

I'm not sure how attached you are to your folder hierarchy or organization model but you may find it worthy of consideration to script something to simply dump all non-mp3 audio files into one folder, do the batch conversion with that folder as the source, and then redistribute the newly converted mp3s into the proper folders of your choice. (organized by artist/name/whatever criteria. )

That's how I've done it (on considerably less data however.)

Hope this helps.
January 3rd, 2012, 08:26 AM
HYBR|D

Nice thought about Goldwave, haven't heard that mentioned in years. :eek:

Not sure if your willing to pay for software but if your willing to part with a few $, then i would highly recommened http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

a friend uses it and swears by it. :)
January 3rd, 2012, 02:43 PM
Cider

I have used Itunes a few times to convert things now I have the worst problem ... duplicates.

I am not sure how to deal with this other than manual (have been putting it off though).
January 3rd, 2012, 09:15 PM
mcw01nz

Try dBpoweramp Music Converter

I recommend that you take a look at dBpoweramp Music Converter. The home page is here:

http://www.dbpoweramp.com

It integrates with Windows Explorer, so you can run it as a program or else work directly from the right-click context menu in Windows. It does single and batch converting and takes a purist approach to data quality and integrity. It claims to do error-free CD ripping and gets the most accurate possible metadata by comparing the results from multiple online databases. It supports most known audio codecs including proprietary, open source and lossless. I use it myself and can't praise it enough.
January 4th, 2012, 07:19 AM
Cope57

My Windows duplicate files remover recommendations:
http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com/
or
http://www.duplicate-file-cleaner.com/

My Linux duplicate files remover recommendation:
FSlint

For both Windows and Linux system cleaner recommendation:
BleachBit

My ten cents... yes, it is inflation...
January 4th, 2012, 05:57 PM
nihil

For duplicate files I use Auslogics' Duplicate File Finder:

http://www.auslogics.com/en/software...nder/download/

:)
January 5th, 2012, 09:43 PM
Cider

thanks Nihil :)

Atleast it gives me the option to not install the 3rd party crap.

have you seen that btw? I think it was daemon tools that did it to me, drives me up the wall. hides the tickbox and bam, 30 million browser plugins :)

EDIT: No duplicates found ... i presume it uses Md5?
January 8th, 2012, 11:32 PM
gore

Cider; I saw that on that application... OMG it was annoying. I don't even use it, as I refuse to install it now.

Did you hear what happened with Nmap? Download.com was putting spyware and malware into the installer!

I mean seriously, it's ****ing sad! I don't quite know why anyone would download Nmap from there instead of the Nmap web site, but, I do understand totally that sometimes, you're downloading demos and things you want to try out and install, and you just think "Well, I'm already here, I might as well grab this tool as well" and then you get a bunch of ****.

I couldn't Believe it.
January 9th, 2012, 07:10 AM
Cider

@ Gore: Wasnt there something along the lines of CNET doing it as well?
January 9th, 2012, 09:54 AM
gore

I've heard about something along those lines, but I don't know if that was actually true or not.
January 28th, 2012, 05:13 PM
romanticcowboy

Thank you everyone

Thank you everyone ,im gonna try goldwave first then go from there thank you so much for the replys yall are awesome ,ill let you guys know my results
January 28th, 2012, 05:16 PM
romanticcowboy

Quote:

Originally Posted by gore

Cider; I saw that on that application... OMG it was annoying. I don't even use it, as I refuse to install it now.

Did you hear what happened with Nmap? Download.com was putting spyware and malware into the installer!

I mean seriously, it's ****ing sad! I don't quite know why anyone would download Nmap from there instead of the Nmap web site, but, I do understand totally that sometimes, you're downloading demos and things you want to try out and install, and you just think "Well, I'm already here, I might as well grab this tool as well" and then you get a bunch of ****.

I couldn't Believe it.

these days i use majorgeeks.com or filehippo.com for stuff like that or google it and find the software coders site and get it directly ,ive discovered stuff on majorgeeks.com i havent found anywhere else
January 29th, 2012, 11:50 PM
nihil

Quote:

these days i use majorgeeks.com or filehippo.com for stuff like that or google it and find the software coders site and get it directly ,ive discovered stuff on majorgeeks.com i havent found anywhere else

Yes, I have never had any problems with either of those sites.

It does seem to be an unfortunate fact that more and more free apps come bundled with "luggage" you don't really want, or they try to reset your homepage and default search engine. :(
January 29th, 2012, 11:53 PM
romanticcowboy

Quote:

Originally Posted by nihil

Yes, I have never had any problems with either of those sites.

It does seem to be an unfortunate fact that more and more free apps come bundled with "luggage" you don't really want, or they try to reset your homepage and default search engine. :(

the best rule of thumb is pay attention when installing software
February 8th, 2012, 08:20 AM
Cider

Quote:

Originally Posted by romanticcowboy

the best rule of thumb is pay attention when installing software

Well it has become very obscure. Basically you always must choose advanced installation to deselect the crap they put in. I feel this is unfair for basic users and its not ethical.

When a website is hosted with malicious / PUP apps , does it have to abide by the laws of the country its hosted in , or how does this work?
November 8th, 2012, 07:12 AM
romanticcowboy

where are my manners ? lol sorry been busy but wanted to thank everyone for there advice
July 30th, 2013, 10:45 PM
nihil

Hi, Linda, and welcome to AO,

You have replied to a very old thread, which is generally frowned upon. However your contribution is very relevant, for which I thank you:D and think that you posted in exactly the right place.

Cheers

EDIT:

Are you related to Gerry Dorsey, who later became Englebert Humperdink?