For Mac OS X Switch converts a variety of audio file formats such as wav, mp3, au, aif/aiff, gsm, vox, raw, ogg, flac, aac, mp2, m4a, .mov, .amr and many more formats.
Addenda to my previous post and to bikefridaywalter's post:
Swithch works well in my Intel-based Mac, but it takes soooooooooo loooooooooong to launch...
Two years after Apple switched to Intel processors, I wonder why some developers still release PowerPC (only) applications. I did not buy the Plus version of Switch because it does not run natively in Intel Macs.
And this same developer has just released a new version of their audio editor, Wavepad, and it is once again a PowerPC application. It also takes "ages" to launch and the interface doesn't even remotely look like a Mac app.
Well... I hope it won't take two more years until they realize that it's time to release Universal Binary versions of their software.
Although this a PowerPC application, the new version (1.12) works very well in my Intel-based iMac, running Max OS X Tiger (10.4.10).
To covert audio files to MP3 or WAV, the free version is enough. To convert to other formats, you'll have to buy the Plus version (about $20).
Nice, straightforward app, but this thing just hung around even after "quitting" it. Activity Monitor said otherwise, and was still using 99% CPU processes. Would like to find something similar that is less of a resource hog.
I actually switched to this from iTunes LAME after the latter had started bugging my system badly. I find it perfect for converting AAC files into mp3s.
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This app is excellent. Quick, simple and straight forward.
I tried Tune4Mac from http://www.tune4mac.com and it is super fast because it uses a Virtual CD burning method to convert M4P to MP3.
(March 9th, 2008 - 23:50)
The download link is working again.
the download seems to do not work
Addenda to my previous post and to bikefridaywalter's post:
Swithch works well in my Intel-based Mac, but it takes soooooooooo loooooooooong to launch...
Two years after Apple switched to Intel processors, I wonder why some developers still release PowerPC (only) applications. I did not buy the Plus version of Switch because it does not run natively in Intel Macs.
And this same developer has just released a new version of their audio editor, Wavepad, and it is once again a PowerPC application. It also takes "ages" to launch and the interface doesn't even remotely look like a Mac app.
Well... I hope it won't take two more years until they realize that it's time to release Universal Binary versions of their software.
only thing that reliably handles wma's but i don't really like it otherwise.
Although this a PowerPC application, the new version (1.12) works very well in my Intel-based iMac, running Max OS X Tiger (10.4.10).
To covert audio files to MP3 or WAV, the free version is enough. To convert to other formats, you'll have to buy the Plus version (about $20).
Nice, straightforward app, but this thing just hung around even after "quitting" it. Activity Monitor said otherwise, and was still using 99% CPU processes. Would like to find something similar that is less of a resource hog.
I actually switched to this from iTunes LAME after the latter had started bugging my system badly. I find it perfect for converting AAC files into mp3s.