mp3 to Aiff (mono 48khz)

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#1

I’m looking for a script that will batch convert mp3’s to aiff through quicktime or Itunes AND will let me output in mono 48khz. I’ve found a number of scripts online but none will allow me to modify the options. Any ideas? Is it possible to do this as a folder action? Any advice is appreciated.

#2

Hi,

This is not a solution, but why would you want to do this? The sound quality won’t get better and the file size will increase.

gl,

#3

This is not a scripting solution but if you want to spend the effort it should work.

Download “mp3-to-aiff-2.5” to convert the mp3 to aiff (with no change in sampling rate) at
http://hem.passagen.se/deep9/tools/tools.htm

Then download “SoundAppPPC” at
http://www.spies.com/~franke/SoundApp/

This will let you “convert” the 44.1 kHz aiff from above to 48.0 kHz.

PS: My experience is that while “SoundAppPPC” is an application for PPC machines, it will run in OS X “Classic” .

#4

I work in television and we get our music over the internet as MP3’s. Our system requires 48khz and the editors like to work with one track of audio while working with the cues.

And Paul,

Thanks for the apps. I’ve use sound app before and I can use it again. But what I want to acheive is a folder action where I can download the mp3 into a folder and have it automatically convert it. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far:

tell application “QuickTime Player”
activate
set fileRef to “Kevin Spacey:System:Library:QuickTime:AIFF MONO SETTINGS”
set saveasFile to choose file name with prompt “Export the Current Movie as …”
tell movie 1
export to saveasFile as AIFF using settings fileRef
end tell
end tell

I’ve created a set of quicktime prefs called AIFF MONO SETTINGS and I want the script to call up those settings. However, the script can’t locate the file. Or, more accuratly I get “A descriptor type mismatch occurred” error. Do I have the path set wrong?

#5

Hi shaggy,

Thanks for the explanation. Personally, I am currently staying away from doing anything serious with Apple software. Not that I have anything serious to do right now, but their software is to inconsistant for me right now. You don’t know what bugs or changes each update or new os will bring. I would probably do what you are doing in os9.

gl,

#6

I would just set iTunes to use the AIFF encoder with desired settings (Preferences->Importing), drag all the files onto iTunes, select them all, and choose Convert to AIFF under the Advanced menu. Even very old versions of iTunes can do this.