hi all

i would like to convert my mp3's to aac for my mobile phone could someone tell me how to go about doing this please?

thanks

Is that because your mobile phone won't play mp3's?

Can I give you a tool but it convert mp3's to mp4(HE-AAC)? Do you need it?

There are many applications such as foobar2000, dbpoweramp, and even iTunes. If your cellphone supports HE-AAC then use either foobar2000 or dbpoweramp as they use Nero's AAC encoder. If it doesn't then there is no harm in using iTunes as the iTunes AAC encoder is still pretty high in quality and iTunes might prove to be easier to use.

I use the software bundled with my Nokia N70 (Nokia PC Suite) to transcode MP3s to LC-AACs/M4As down to 48kbps.

I think there are no cellphones which support HE-AAC. I think the important question should be if the requested result is MP4/AAC or RAW AAC.

Also I'm surprised there are phones which support AAC but do not support MP3. I think I haven't seen such phone.

There are many free not bloated (like iTunes) applications which can do that - foobar2000, OmniEncoder, BeLight etc.

IIRC, Nokia N Series phones support HE-AAC (in M4A container)

In fact, there are cellphones which support HE-AAC and even HE-AAC v2, with really good quality stereo sound, for example, the new ones from Sony Ericsson.

In SE cellphones, files need to be in MP4 or 3GP container, since raw aac streams are not supported.

Nearly all mobile phones on the market today support HE-AAC v1 and v2.

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Do you have any proofs for your claims? Official specifications, good quality reviews etc.

I looked for specifications of N800 and SE cellphones, but I didn't find AAC-HE mentioned anywhere.

I think it depends on who your cellphone service provider is. I have Alltel. I went to pick up a new cellphone back in December 2007 as my old one had about had it. I couldn't find a single phone in the store that supported HE-AAC let alone LC-AAC. The only cellphone I found that was remotely capable of playing LC-AAC was a smartphone powered by Windows Mobile so one could potentially install a AAC PocketPC app and it should work. This store was mainly filled with LG and Motorola models including the new Motorola RAZR and the ROKR. I ended up purchasing the ROKR but it won't play my AAC files, only mp3.

From the user's guide for the SE w880i (can be downloaded from their web site):


I use HE-AAC (Nero) on my phone and I think it sounds great.

Just to add my 0.02$,

My 2005 Sagem myX6-2 supports AAC+, or HE-AAC, which are the same. I used it as a DAP until my wife offered me a Nano.

AiZ

Here you have the official specs for SE cellphones, in a document called Developers' Guidelines - Music and Video in Sony Ericsson phones:

http://developer.sonyericsson.com/getDocument.do?docId=84942

Remember:
AAC SBR = HE-AAC = aacPlus v1 = AAC+
AAC SBR+PS = HE-AAC PS = HE-AAC v2 = aacPlus v2 = eAAC+

my sagem my700x does support AAC-LC and AAC-HC. I simply use FOOBAR2k to concert my music and so do I for transcoding as well.
The encoder used is the Nero one.

Hy there,
I'm a user of a Sony Ericsson W810i which supports AAC formats. The tool I'm using for converting my music into the right format, for my cell phone and for my ipod, is Audials One

I use Tunebite to convert audio and video files into the right format. I think it is very helpful