Re: Best way to convert lossy codecs to opus
Reply #7 – 2021-04-11 13:21:27
Good thing is your V0 (245kbps) is already more than good enough lossy bitrate. so considering your converting from MP3 @ V0 to Opus @ 80kbps your converted files will still be good enough I am sure. I do all of my conversion using Foobar2000 with Encoders Pack installed. this will especially be easy to do if your music is not all that organized as the easiest thing to do would be to drag-and-drop all of your V0 MP3's into Foobar2000 then select all of them (so they are highlighted in blue color) and then 'right click > Convert' (tweak things to your liking), then select destination folder, and just sit back and wait and they will all be in the same folder as this process won't take all that long unless you got a boatload of music. but even then, it will still be quick enough especially if your CPU is a quad core (or at least a faster dual core CPU) or better. but if you got music organized a bit into folders (like with artists and albums) and your MP3 tag data is setup well, you can do something like the following... 'Convert > ... > Destination' (and obviously, select Opus here on Converter Setup > Output Format (may need to select EDIT and adjust bit rate to 80kbps which is easy enough to do))). then on window that appears (Converter Setup) on the 'Output style and file name formatting' section, of which the 'Convert each track to an individual file' will already be selected, you simply select the small '...' on the right side of the white section with text in it below (you click the '...') which will bring up the 'File Name Pattern Selector' and from here it can make things easier to organize stuff properly as this is mainly helpful if you got a certain artist with full albums as then you might select "artist - album (year)" on the left side and I typically use "nn. title" on the right side. either way, I tend to have my presets setup so it at the least uses "nn. title" as then tracks will be listed a bit better in the sense instead of say "Track Title.mp3" it will be "01. Track Title.mp3" (assuming your tag data of the files your converting is setup decently with track numbering in tag data). but that should get the gist of it across (NOTE: I am assuming since your using MP3 it's probably standard 44.1/16. if not one can tweak that stuff with SoX Resampler etc (one has to install SoX but there might be other options already installed(?)). but the resampler stuff is done though 'Converter Setup > Processing' section. but if a person is using standard 44.1/16 lossless files when they made those MP3 files to begin with, things should be pretty standard and you likely won't have to mess with resampling) p.s. while I imagine the OP probably already sorted things out, I figured I would make this post as it could be beneficial for others in a similar situation in the future to keep things simple enough.