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MarkCoutinho

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Copy music and downgrade bitrate in one action?
« on: March 24, 2011, 02:31:50 am »

I thought it was possible to copy music (in my case to my phone) and at the same time change the bitrate to a lower level so I could store more music on the phone.
I figured I had to do that this way:
- Send to external device
- in the 'Options' section change the bitrate in the Conversion/Encoder settings

But that did not do the trick.

Did I miss something?
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Re: Copy music and downgrade bitrate in one action?
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2011, 08:25:02 am »

Bump... Anybody?
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Re: Copy music and downgrade bitrate in one action?
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2011, 08:39:25 am »

So, you created a Handheld device.  Did you set the options for Audio: Mode to Always convert or Always convert unsupported formats and high bitrates?

A little more info please...
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Re: Copy music and downgrade bitrate in one action?
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2011, 08:44:53 am »

Just a bit of guess work:
Try "always convert" to force conversion of supported formats.
Maybe this triggers the conversion to a lower bit rate.
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Re: Copy music and downgrade bitrate in one action?
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2011, 11:38:56 am »

Thanks Vincent and MrC - that did the trick. (program it in the Options section).

Is there a FAQ about what and how with syncing with mobile devices? Playlists etc., I mean.
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Re: Copy music and downgrade bitrate in one action?
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2011, 11:44:40 am »

See the Wiki, available via the Support section top of this Forum.  Lots of good info there.
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Re: Copy music and downgrade bitrate in one action?
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2011, 11:46:26 am »

As my collection is a bit bigger than my SD card, I make playlist.
This list I use to sync.
A couple of screen shots can be found here: http://thewelltemperedcomputer.com/SW/Players/MC14/MC_sync.htm
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Re: Copy music and downgrade bitrate in one action?
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2011, 03:08:28 pm »

Thank, MrC - I already did check the WiKi, but I thought there would be more possible.

Thanks Vincent, too. Your website is cool too. (as one Dutch guy to another: hartstikke bedankt!)
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