have some tunes in mpc format does anybody know of a good (free) bit of s/ware to convert em to mp3.
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have some tunes in mpc format does anybody know of a good (free) bit of s/ware to convert em to mp3.
What's an 'mpc'?
D.
try the Cheetah Audio Converter(link!), despites the name, it is as good as hell. if it won't solve yer prob, you should try using Sony Sound Blaster [img]wink.gif[/img]
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ May 14, 2005 08:10 PM: Message edited by: Joni Starz ]</font>
Cheers Joni - will give that a go. Daz - hadn't heard of mpc before -a mate left a cd-r round the house whilst I was out watching the boxing - so didn't get a chance to ask about mpc
If it plays in say, Media Player, maybe you can
use Media Player to rip it to .wmp, it's the same
format as .mp3, more or less.
If you had money to splash around, I'd suggest
getting Audition, because that'll import anything
(and then 'save as' mp3 for you), but I just
checked Audition and saw nothing for .mpc.
(Alternatively, if you did have Audition, and
you were able to play the disc in Media Player,
you could open both software, make sure your
soundcard is clicked to record 'What You Can Hear'
or 'Wave' or whatever it's called on your PC,
press 'Record' in Audition, 'Play' in MP and
Audition would record it, allowing you to export
to mp3 afterwards.)
If you get really stuck, send me the disc and
I'll sort it out.
D.
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ May 14, 2005 08:45 PM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font>
Cheers for the info guys
.mpc files are musepack files, just another compression format like mp3. when it first came out they claimed it was the future of audio compression, having higher sound quality at the same bitrates as mp3 but it never really caught on.
this will convert it for you. first download the main program then go to the codecs page and download the codec for MPC[ .mpc, .mp+, .mpp]
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
this used to be a freeware program but now you have to register in 30 days to continue to use the mp3 encoding.
if you need a hand with it hit me up.
<font size="4" face="Arial">Ditto Ogg Vorbis. I remember DL'ing OV, trying outQuote:
Originally posted by creeper2:
.mpc files are musepack files, just another compression format like mp3. when it first came out they claimed it was the future of audio compression, having higher sound quality at the same bitrates as mp3 but it never really caught on.
a few skins, liking it, but then remembering:
'I don't care how well-compressed it is. The dif-
ferences between that, .WMP, and .MP3 are so
marginal, that it doesn't really matter. I only
ever use .WAV for anything important, so I'm
not particularly bothered which player I use.'
But then, of course, bloody Apple made a big deal
about mp3 players. iPods. What a rip off!
If anyone reading this wants to make a million:
develop an mp3 player which is about the size of
one of those USB flash cards which people normally
hang around their neck, and charge next to nothing
for it. Stick in a 1G's worth of memory and never
worry about paying the rent/mortgage ever again.
Although, globally speaking, different countries
and different demographics are evolving at differing
rates - and people like Marky, for example, still
swear by OV. Despite Adobe (who've just questionably
bought our Macromedia [One name. One standard. One
monopoly. One voice. One Adobe. One Big Brother.])
Corel is still outselling Illustrator in Germany.
We live and learn.
D.
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ May 15, 2005 11:35 AM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font>
Cheers for the info Bill. Have dbpower amp stored on disk somewhere - will just need the codec.
Ian
I would use DBpower. I always use this for conversions.
DBPower sounds well dodgy to me. I think that if I
were desperate, I'd probably download Limewire,
and then Search it for Audition.
D.
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ May 15, 2005 04:09 PM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font>
when i read mpc, i remembered of a weird audio file i got in "monkey" format file !!! it had been also a true injury for me finding a good way to read and convert that file.
but fortunately you have always the website of winamp and the fabulous input plugins winamp
for mpc i have this direct plugin winamp link for you : the plugin name is in_mpc.exe
http://www.infos-du-net.com/redirect...bin/in_mpc.exe
hope it will be helpful
Biz
Sadly, Winamp is rubbish [img]frown.gif[/img]
D.
winamp is a good player and if our friend needs only to convert this file into mp3, winamp is enough for that...
don't criticize everything, child...
you don't need to take a war tank for smashing a fly , that's all it is about.
Winamp doesn't like 4:3 video thst much - it'll
play it, but switching to 16:9 causes all kinds
of problems. I wouldn't recommend downloading
it, especially since (the horrible) Media Player
Ver.10 does so much
D.
yep, but winamp is originally done for sound, not for video... (and what is the link ?!?!?)
you can't do everything... you don't take a dv cam for taking pics... it sucks... winamp is the same, sucks for video...
for video, you have vlc media player, free, light, almost nothing to install...
well, whatever, we r not here for doing a challenge of "i have the best software na na n?re" ... this chat is getting closer & closer of a "dick contest"...
be cool, guy *
so we were speaking about the problem of mpc format of our friend...
hi guy, is your problem solved now ? [img]smile.gif[/img]
Hi pecky welcome to the board- yes the mpc side is sorted - db power amp works cool with that. Only thing I have lft is some protected stuff inwma which it wont convert. Got this stuff from napster.
Thanks for all the advice guys -much appreciated
What if I don't wanna DL DBPower?
What's the alternative?
D.
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ May 15, 2005 08:13 PM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font>
you are welcome and i am glad some of the posts here have been helpful to you [img]wink.gif[/img]
for the wma if you can read it, you have always the "pig" methods of the "windows magnetophone" or "sound forge" if you are able to read them...
it is really "pig" but it is sometimes helpful...
You are now talking bollox, sir.
D.