video uploads/ variable bit rated MP3's

Category: Geeks r Us

Post 1 by HauntedReverie (doing the bad mango) on Thursday, 08-Mar-2007 6:18:07

First of all, does anyone know of a decent, (and free,) video uploading site?

second, I've tried to transfer a song to my bookport, but it says that variable bit rate MP3's are not supported. I assume parts of this song are done in different bitrates. I've tried to save it as a .wav, I've tried to change it all to one bitrate but it doesn't work. Any suggestions?

Post 2 by The Lil Dark Piggy (This site is so "educational") on Thursday, 08-Mar-2007 6:27:28

Yeah, did you try a different bitrate? And the bookport only plays.mp3 files. can't help you with the variable thing, or the video uploading site. Try youtube.com. I think that they are free.
As for the bitrate, try 128 KBPS for the bitrate and see if that works.

Post 3 by nikos (English words from a Greek thinking brain) on Thursday, 08-Mar-2007 10:02:12

youtube.com has got this verification code during sign up. www.putfile.com is more accessible i think.
I can't help with the other questions.

Post 4 by guitargod1 (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Thursday, 08-Mar-2007 23:26:45

A lot of devices don't support VBR mp3s. i always rip to a fixed bit rate of 192 kbps due to this. if it's an audio book, I'll rip it at 128kbps to conserve space but I don't like music at that low of a bit rate due to too much high frequency flutter and artifacts etc. Most programs you can rip with, such as CDEX, let you specify a fixed or variable bit rate with high and low variables. You can usually disable this, or, just set the high and the low bit rate to the same number; same effect as disableing vbr. as for a batch converter you can do that with, I am pretty sure you can do it in sonar, sound probe, and sound forge. not sure about adobe audition etc. As far as a straight ahead batch converter, try im2 audio converter. it's not free but it does a great job!

Post 5 by HauntedReverie (doing the bad mango) on Friday, 09-Mar-2007 6:51:33

thing is, I didn't rip it, I downloaded it.