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The fastest way to re-encode MP3s?

Hello, I'm looking for a program which will allow me to re-encode MP3s (320kbps CBR) as fast and efficient as possible. I'm using Freemake Audio Converter but its converting speed is quite slow.

The fastest way to re-encode MP3s?

Reply #1 –
How slow is slow?  foobar2000 using LAME just converted ten CBR 320 files to VBR V2 in about 50 seconds on my 5-year old AMD dual-core laptop.

The fastest way to re-encode MP3s?

Reply #2 –
Quote from: Apesbrain on
How slow is slow?  foobar2000 using LAME just converted ten CBR 320 files to VBR V2 in about 50 seconds on my 5-year old AMD dual-core laptop.

Oh, I didn't know you can use foobar2000 for converting  It took ~30 seconds for Freemake to re-encode a single MP3 but foobar did it in 8 seconds. Still seems slower than your laptop (I have Core i5-3350P).

The fastest way to re-encode MP3s?

Reply #3 –
You can use foobar and GOGO encoder. This will give compact size, blazing speed with very respectable quality.

For extreme fast ABR encoding -
-b 160 -q 7 -a

For extreme fast CBR encoding -
-b 160 -q 7

For very fast [standard] ABR encoding -

-b 160 -a


Using LAME:

For fast CBR encoding -
-b160 -f --noreplaygain

For fast ABR encoding -

--abr 160 -f --noreplaygain

For fast VBR mode:

-V5 -f --noreplaygain

The fastest way to re-encode MP3s?

Reply #4 –
Now it's faster, thank you  Used the LAME method.

The fastest way to re-encode MP3s?

Reply #5 –
I hope by "re-encode" you mean convert to MP3 from the original lossless source (WAV, FLAC, whatever).

If you are hoping to get better quality by converting e.g. 128 kbps to 320 kbps, that's not going to work. Apologies if you already know this.

The fastest way to re-encode MP3s?

Reply #6 –
Quote from: mjb2006 on
I hope by "re-encode" you mean convert to MP3 from the original lossless source (WAV, FLAC, whatever).

If you are hoping to get better quality by converting e.g. 128 kbps to 320 kbps, that's not going to work. Apologies if you already know this.

He is reencoding from cbr 320 mp3, so presumably he is interested in saving space, perhaps for portable use.