Indeed. Amadeus pro does it well. You can even retain art work and meta data in your files if you want that, or strip it altogether. You can also set options for the destination files. I use it all the time for stuff I buy in itunes, and that I need to be in mp3 format for an old player that I have. Here are hints to get you started. I'm aware that you may not already have amadeus pro. But if you do, this hopefully helps you get going with file conversion in amadeus pro, you or other listers.
1. Open the batch converter. You can find it in the menus, but it is quicker to just hit command shift n for new batch converter. After having set all parameters for your conversion, you can even save them for later usage if you need them again. If you exit the batch converter after having made one or more changes to the defaults, you will be asked if you want to save or not. So fire up amadeus pro and hit command shift n. 2. You are now in a 4 tab dialog. The tab sheet names are format, actions, meta data and art work. If you don't care about meta data and art work, leave them alone. That's okay. For simple batch conversion, don't worry about the actions sheet either. You will only need this if you want to do audio editing on the fly while converting, so only concentrate on the formats tab. Move your vo cursor to formats and press there, vo space, to make sure you are in that sheet of the dialog. 3. You must first set all options, and only then you select the files to convert. If you do it the other way round, then conversion will happen with default settings, because conversion starts immediately after having selected your files. So, look at the format sheet. The first thing to set is your destination file format, in your case mp3. That is a simple combo box, or pop up button, so hit vo space on it, select mp3 instead of same as original, and hit vo space again. Using the settings button,you can set mp3 options if you wish, but I think that will be self explanatory there if you know what you want to achieve in mp3. Set your destination. What I usually do is leave this setting at its default, being same as original location, but that happens to suit my needs. You can easily point to an empty destination directory other than the source from this pop up menu. So far so good. 4. Now skip the advanced options for now, being change name to, filter, recurse, and regular expression. This is what you don't need for your basic conversions. 5. If you choose to retain the folder hierarchy, then all subdirectories from the source will be recreated at the destination location. Otherwise, all destination files end up in the same folder that you set earlier. If you have hundreds of files, sorted for example in directories for artist and album, having this on will probably help you keep the destination files sorted as you had them in the source folders. Please remember however, that if you want your directory structure recreated at the destination, then the recurse option that I mentioned above should be on. 6. Finally, choose your files. Go to the drag files item on the screen and click there. Simply hitting vo space won't work though. Amadeus pro wants a mouse click, not a voiceover default action. So, what you do is, you route the mouse here with command vo f5, and then have voiceover click that spot with the mouse, using vo shift space. A new file selection dialog opens. 7. Go to the file list and choose. You can do this in a number of ways, but if you only need 1 folder of files converted, then it's easiest to move to the folder the files are in, open this folder with command down arrow, remember that you are still inside the file selection dialog in amadeus pro, and then select all files you need. I do it with shift arrows. 8. Now if you move away from the file table to the open button and hit it, conversion will start. The fan may spin more than usual, and you will see it when conversion is done. Hth, Paul. On Nov 26, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > Hi, the batch converter in Amadeus pro will do this very nicely. 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