MP3 is currently the most popular digital audio format. This high quality compressed audio format can be used on almost every portable music player (for example, the Apple iPod) and also played on personal computers and streamed from Internet servers.

To configure MP3 Conversion Settings, click Formats >> MP3 >> Configure.

Audio Properties

By default, the compressor that is selected is MP3 (MPEG 1 Layer 3). The frequency is set at 44100 Hz, bitrate at 128 Kbps and audio channel on Stereo.

Quality

Digital Media Converter features some built-in MP3 presets. These presets are designed to provide the best possible tradeoff of quality and file size. They have been tuned using rigorous listening tests. These presets are highly recommended over any custom set of parameters. The default setting is the Normal preset. To use a Preset, select it from the Auto Select settings for list, or drag the slider. Higher-quality encoding takes longer than lower-quality.

Add converted music to iTunes

Digital Media Converter can add converted music to iTunes and automatically generate an iTunes playlist. iTunes version 6 or higher is required for this feature.

Preserve ID3 Tags

By default, Digital Media Converter retains metadata (like the song title and artist's name) from your source file. To avoid this uncheck the Preserve ID3 Tags (file description details) option.