As mentioned, this program make sense if you are converting from a higher to lower bitrate. It also lists out the size, bitrate, modus and sample frequency for the MP3 files you have added. This program only works with MP3 files, so if you are looking to convert a WAV or FLAC file into MP3, check out more of the programs mentioned below.īy default, it picks a bitrate of 130 kbps, which is about medium quality. To get started, just click on the Add Files or Add Folder buttons at the top.
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On startup, it gives you a little welcome window and explains how to use the program, which is nice. What I like about this program is that it doesn’t even require any installation, you can just run it by opening the EXE file. It also doesn’t contain any malware or useless offers when installing it. MP3 Quality Modifier is a small freeware program for Windows that is simple to use and works very well. Note that I checked all of these programs on VirusTotal to make sure they are 100% clean. So now that you understand a few of the basics of the best ways to convert audio files to different bitrates, let’s talk about the programs that can help us. It is OK, however, to convert between lossless formats as the quality is retained.
The last thing you should know is that it is not advisable to convert between lossy formats as you will continue to loss quality. Then you can convert that file into a higher bitrate MP3 file. If you want a higher bitrate MP3 than you currently have, you need to go back to the source (CD, etc) and extract that audio at full quality.
You will actually reduce the quality of your MP3 file if you try to convert up the bitrate. You cannot gain quality by increasing the bitrate. The second thing you’ll read is that you should never convert a lower bitrate stream to a higher bitrate stream and hope that it sounds better.