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Strange MP3 software Request...

Scouzer

Scouzer

Lifer
But of course, there is a catch.

I have a Winamp playlist of songs spread across about 5 folders. Unfortunately within those folders there are hundreds of songs that are no longer in my playlist for various reasons.

I want to transfer all of the songs of my playlist into a new, single folder so I can find and delete all the garbage hogging my computer. I know I can do this by converting all of my .mp3's with dBpower's music converter and having the converted files placed into a single folder...but I don't want to convert! Converting lossy to lossy makes me lose even more quality 🙁

Speaking of which...is there a way I can convert files only exceeding x bitrate? For example, I want to convert all .mp3 files exceeding 224kbps down to 192kbps. dBpower doesn't seem to have this function...

Thanks a lot guys...
 
so you don't want to lose quality but you want to convert from 224 to 192kbps? unless thats enough for you in which case :thumbsup:

i think an hour or two of your time would be in order to organize your library well. delete what you don't want etc. tasks like this will be much easier from here on out with an organized library.

-Vivan
 
no no they are two seperate requests, sorry im unclear, very tired

i want to transfer all files from my playlist to a new, single folder.

then, after, i want to convert ONLY files exceeding 224kbps down to 192kbps...i understand a soundloss will be encountered there. i just dont want to convert files less than that as they dont need to be
 
Can you use Search, search for *.mp3, then when the list is finished select it all and click and drag to the folder you want them in.
 
well yeah, but see i have tons of .mp3s that are NOT on my playlist that im trying to eliminate without sifting thru 5000+ files
 
Originally posted by: Scouzer
well yeah, but see i have tons of .mp3s that are NOT on my playlist that im trying to eliminate without sifting thru 5000+ files
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Ohhh, I read it backwards. You want the songs in the playlist to a new folder then delete the ones that werent moved, rather thenm moving all songs to a new folder.

Nope, dunno how to do that one.
 
well, i figured out itunes has such a function, but for whatever reason it won't import my damn winamp playlists!

ugh...
 
Open the playlist in a text editor. Use that text file to create a batch file that copies all the files in the playlist to a new folder.
 
Originally posted by: radioouman
Open the playlist in a text editor. Use that text file to create a batch file that copies all the files in the playlist to a new folder.
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i dont know how to make a batch file 😱
 
Originally posted by: radioouman
Open the playlist in a text editor. Use that text file to create a batch file that copies all the files in the playlist to a new folder.
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The .m3u can be changed to .txt, IIRC.

As for making a .bat, there's gotta be a program out there to do what you want batch-style.
 
+1 for me for organizing mine in the first place! 5000 songs organized by A-P Q-Z -> Artist -> Album .

Spend some time organizing it, it makes you feel so good to see the work that you've accomplished.
 
Too bad you can't write a shell script using a foreach statement. I haven't used batch files in a while. Forgot how they went.
 
If you post a snippet of your m3u file I can take a look at it...

It would be easy to write a For statement that would do what you want IF the location of the files are stored in the playlist AND the file names are easily derived....
 
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