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Converting MP3's to WAV

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DarkCyber

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Ok, I have 63 MP3 files, these are files that I use at work and years ago I started with MP3's to conserve hd space. But now that hd space is no longer an issue I would like to convert these to .WAV.

I know converting them to .WAV is no big deal...but now my question. I have these named and numbered like I need them. Is there any kind of program out there that I could run and it would let me put all these MP3's say in one directory and then I could just select ALL 63 of these MP3's and the program would just go through and convert them all the .WAV, keeping the names and all in tact?

Because it's going to take forever for me to go in and do this one at a time.

Thanks!
 
there is no point in converting mp3 to wav because of the audio loss and disk space. irs only worth it if you have the origonal source
 
I third the statement - you won't get any quality improvement by transcoding your MP3 back to WAV/FLAC/other lossless format because it can only be as good as the source file (in this case, your MP3). So instead of a 3 MB file, you'll end up with a 30 MB file that just has the same quality.

If you're dead set on doing this - look at dbpoweramp for your transcoding needs. I believe it will retain file names (but you lose tag information because WAV doesn't support ID3 tagging).

Various media players also have a diskwriter plugin (Foobar, Winamp) that allow you to write a music file out to a WAV file as well.
 
You know, maybe he's just trying to make a regular music CD?

If that's the case, using nero, as long as you just click "Make a music CD", it'll automatically make the mp3's you select into WAVs that standard CD players will read.
 
Actually I work in radio and several years ago when we first started building our music library on computer and the hd sizes were very small, I put a several songs in .mp3 format to conserve space. Now that space isn't an issue and the on-air software we use sometimes doesn't play exactly well with mp3 and wav mixed, I want to convert those 63 .mp3 songs back to .wav and have everything in .wav format. Not burning any cd's or anything.

Acutally the audio editing software we use, Cool Edit, will do this with no loose in quality at all. Only problem, I have to do them 1 at a time, and I was just looking for a faster and easier way to do it than that. Open as an .mp3 and save it as a .wav.

UPDATE: Looks like Exact Audio will do it without any loose as well.

Thanks all!
 
Acutally the audio editing software we use, Cool Edit, will do this with no loose in quality at all
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I think you missed the point.
When you convert a wave file to a lossy format you throw away data that you cannot get back.
If that is acceptable (and it sounds like it is) then by all means go ahead and convert those MP3's back to wave files. ;)

If you are looking for an easier way to convert all of the files at once try this----->
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
 
Mister X said:
I think you missed the point.
When you convert a wave file to a lossy format you throw away data that you cannot get back.
If that is acceptable (and it sounds like it is) then by all means go ahead and convert those MP3's back to wave files. ;)

If you are looking for an easier way to convert all of the files at once try this----->
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
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Thanks for the suggestion. Actually I didn't miss the point. I understand about audio and audio formats. My need right now, is to get these 63 songs back into .wav format. Whatever little lose may occur, I will just have to live with. When you have software that doesn't like to play nicely with a mix of .mp3 and .wav, you have to do what you have to do. The amount of lose also depends on the bitrate the .mp3's were saved at as well.
:D
 
Well since you're converting back to a lossless, uncompressed format, you won't incure any quality loss - it'll be the same quality as the MP3 file.
 
Itunes for the PC does great as a free batch converter.
-Set the "importing" parameters in preferences.
-Drag .mp3s onto a playlist.
-Select the whole playlist.
-Right click, choose "convert files to ???" (where ??? is the "importing" settings).
-The files are now in your My Music folder by default.
 
I had to convert some mp3s to wav recently so they'd work with my NewTek Tricaster software. I used this program: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/mp32wav.html

I have TONS of audio/video tools on my hard drive at home. I'll try to look and see if I can find you a better one.
 
No, you still missed the point as evidenced by:

s. My need right now, is to get these 63 songs back into .wav format. Whatever little lose may occur, I will just have to live with.
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No loss is going to occur from converting an mp3 to a WAVE. The wasn't the point being made. The point was that the loss already occured when you originally converted the original WAVE to an mp3. Even though you are converting back to WAVE you will still have the audio quality of an mp3, but with the file size of a WAVE. The WAVE won't sound any better or any worse than the mp3, it will just be a much larger file.

I understand that this doesn't matter to you since your objective is just to get consistency of file format to avoid problems with your radio software.
 
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