[Iron Will Radio]

Hi,

I convert a lot of mp3 files for use on my Live365 station. The Convert CD function outputs the mp3 extension in upper case. Live365 does not support uppercase.

Is there a way to modify the output case? Do I need to go into the LAME source code?

Thanks.

dan

[tbrewst]

I don't think you can change it but there is another solution.You can use Music Disc Creator,hit Import from CD\DVD,choose your tracks and hit OK.A box will come up letting you choose the format and destination.Once you are done close MDC.It will ask if you want to save the project,say no.It will ask if you want to delete temporary files,say no again.You will have your tracks in your chosen location and they will have lowercase extensions

This post has been edited by tbrewst: 17 August 2006 - 06:40 AM

[StanC]

to rename them all into the lower case extension requires you to go old school = ]

Click on start -> run -> type in "cmd" without the ""

Now that you have brought up MS-DOS, we will have to navigate to where your files are. Put your mp3 files into a convenient location such as creating a folder on the root of your hard drive. The reason for this is that the MS-DOS window will be very cluttered when you navigate through all the sub menus and eveything.

So in my case, i have 4 mp3 files all in upper case extension .MP3. And i created a folder called "Upper case" to hold them on the root of my C: drive.

so i type the following commands in DOS-

cd c:\upper case

this command will take us to the directory with the 4 mp3 files.

to list the files so that DOS can see them type-

dir

Now, all the files in that directory should be listed, in this case there will be 4 mp3 files.

Finally, its time to rename them, type in the following command-

ren *.MP3* *.bak

this command will change all the file types that ends in .MP3 to .bak. The .bak extension is just a placeholder for us to revert the .MP3 to .mp3 extension.

Now, we have to rename all the .bak extension back to .mp3

To do this, type in the following command-

ren *.bak* *.mp3 <---- make sure it is in lower case!!!

All your files should now be in lower case

This may sound complicated, but really its straight forward once you get the hang of it!

If you have any more problems about this, feel free to post back here

[tbrewst]

Stan,you could do this but why leave the app to do something you can do within it.just seems like an extra step to me.

[StanC]

Oh its just that the OP said he had a lot of mp3 files converted already with the upper case extension. So i figured this way would be faster than ripping them all over again.

But you're right about what you have suggested for converting in the future though.

[tbrewst]

You're definately right about that.if they're already converted what you suggested would be great.I was just thinking about converting and getting the lowercase.