Hi all, I am new to this forum.

I have several (thousands) of audio files stored in ogg format. I am going to keep my original audio files in the ogg format, but I am looking for a command line application/utility that can convert from ogg to MP3Pro and MP3 audio formats. It does not have to be the same program and it does not have to do batch conversions. I am willing to pay for the application. I am looking for something that is simple, realtively quick and produces high quality mp3pro and mp3 audio files.

I have searched high and low on the Internet and have not came up with a good program for this and I came across your forum and was hoping someone here could assist me.

I also have Nero 7, but have not seen anything for using it as a command line converter for mp3pro and mp3 only for the mp4 format, so if anyone knows if Neor has the capability and how to do it, that would be fine as well.

Thank you for the help.

Chester

dbpoweramp has a good converter. as does media monkey.

Both can be loaded up with directories of thousands of files. Neither is command line.

LameDrop can convert from Ogg to mp3. I believe it has a command line option.

LameDropXPd sounds like a good call.

I just wanted to point out that, if you really want command line, you can easily convert from Ogg to MP3 on the command line by just piping from OGGDEC.EXE to LAME.EXE, e.g.:


You could easily turn this into a batch file that processed a directory recursively. You could use Tag.exe to copy the tags from the Ogg file to the MP3 (although you would be restriced to ID3v1 or APE).

I would use foobar personally, although that is a GUI app.

Thank you for ideas. Yes I like Tag.exe. The reason I am tryiong to do this that I have all of the files stored using an Access Database and the files stored external to the DB with a file reference in the DB. I can do what I need now using a combination of apps, but I want to add the features into the DB application so that I can do everything I want at one point. That is why I am needing to do it via command line so that I can run it as a shell from Access.

Anyways, thanks again for the help. I have found that the dbpoweramp converter does have a command line feature, but it is only available if you write a shell app for it. Which I am considering writing a small app in VB .NET to do just that!

Chester