MP3 to AAC while keeping Abum Cover Art

[duff916]

Is there an encoder that will encode MP3 to AAC/MP4 and keep the cover art from the MP3 to the encoded AAC/MP4?

I'm running Windows XP

Thanks for any help,
duff916

[romi7519]

2 step process..(better)

use lamexp to convert files to mp4.

load files in mp3tag and copy/paste cover-art.

easier option..

use itunes.

[duff916]

Thanks for the tip. I tryed iTunes a while back and it didn't do the trick. I think I'll be doing the LameXP/MP3Tag route.

[FulciLives]

Why are you going from MP3 to AAC/MP4 ... makes no sense!

All this will do is make a file that has worse quality!

Since you already have MP3 and all media players pretty much support MP3 I don't understand the reason to do AAC/MP4 so please either re-consider or explain yourself.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[duff916]

Why are you going from MP3 to AAC/MP4 ... makes no sense!

All this will do is make a file that has worse quality!

Since you already have MP3 and all media players pretty much support MP3 I don't understand the reason to do AAC/MP4 so please either re-consider or explain yourself.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

Well, I encode MP3's myself in the highest quality possible so the file size can get rather large. I also keep 4gigs of MP3's on a Memory Stick Duo Pro for my Playstation 3. The reason I keep my music on a Memory Stick is because I don't like the way the PS3 sorts music when it's on the internal HDD.

SO, If I can take a 8.7meg file and cram it down to 3.5megs it would be saving me alot of space in the end since I only have a 4gig Memory Stick. And the sound quality is just as good as the original MP3 I made.

It's just to save on what little space I have. Don't rean into it too much man.

[FulciLives]

I guess my point is that MP3 is lossy compression and AAC-LC/MP4/M4A is lossy compression. So when you go from one to the other quality will be lost. I'd feel better if you told me that you archived everything in a lossless format like FLAC and only used AAC-LC for portable use. That would make more sense.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[duff916]

I have no need to archive in a lossless format. And going from MP3 to AAC/MP4 sounds just fine for me.

This is all for my personal amusement. I'm not encoding music to share with anyone in any way what so ever.

[Midzuki]

A better option would be to wrap your MP3s in the MP4 container ---
--- a 100% lossless conversion But I really don't know whether
iTunes and similar "jokeboxwares" will complain about the non-AAC and
non-ALAC .m4a's


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[duff916]

Put my MP3's in a MP4? But then the file size would be the same. The whole point is to cut the file size down 60% and still have it sound great. I used LameXP with the Nero AAC codec on my MP3's and they sound great with my headphones on. These AAC/MP4's I'm making isn't something that I plan on keeping forever and I still have all my original MP3's. This is just for my 4gig Memory Stick that I use with my Playstation 3.

[hello_hello]

foobar2000's converter has an option to "transfer attached pictures". I'm not 100% it's the same thing but it sounds like it. You'd need to download the NeroAAC encoder separately.

It looks like MusicBee will copy artwork when converting, and/or download it and add it for you. Once again for AAC you need to download NeroAAC separately.

Alternatively, try Mp3Tag. It'll modify/write tags etc and you can copy tags from one file to another, or select a bunch of files, copy the tags, open another bunch of files and paste the tags. I'd imagine that'd also include cover art. It'll read/write tags in other formats such as MP4/M4A, not just MP3.

[jagabo]

Can't you just buy a bigger memory stick? I see 16 GB sticks for $8 at Amazon.

[Baldrick]

2009....

[El Heggunte]

I guess there was a $pämmer between post #9 and post #10

[hello_hello]

I'm sure there was a post containing a link to a program called A/V Cover Artist prior to my last one. I clicked on it to have a look so it was still in my browser's history. I thought it was a legit post but maybe not.... it's gone now. I didn't notice the rest of the posts were so old. Sorry.