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MP3 Quality Modifier lets you change the bitrate of your MP3 music collection so that the filesize can be dramatically reduced while retaining the ID3 tags. It supports advanced options like presets, downsampling, variable bit-rate, changing the used channels, etc.
Some users have contributed to an available forum thread with recommended settings.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch using MP3QualityModifier.exe -portable. |
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rodger123
on 2012-09-20 22:18
Midas you are correct however I burned the same CD at 128 and 192 and could not hear any difference-I have a 2 CD drive player on my home system and could not tell which was which.
Cornflower
on 2020-10-30 15:14
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I found the web page archived on the [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/20180618114039/http://www.inspire-soft.net/software/mp3-quality-modifier) |
Mp3tag views, edits and filters metadata for common audio formats. Information can be manually added, removed, imported and exported to a variety of formats. The program supports online freedb database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs. It can also rename files based on the tag information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists and more.
The program can even generate playlists from provided audio files. Supports ID3, Vorbis Comments, APE, MP4 and TAK Lossless.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
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Similar/alternative apps: | TagScanner, Kid3 |
What's new? | See: https://www.mp3tag.de/en/changelog.html. |
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JudyGarland
on 2021-03-25 17:50
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[2021-02-05] CHG: minimum system requirements are now Windows 7 and a processor with SSE2 instruction set. |
mp3DirectCut is a small tool for editing MPEG audio directly. You can remove parts, change the volume, split files or copy regions to new files, all without the need to decompress your MP3 into PCM/WAV. This saves work, encoding time and disk space. In addition, there is no quality loss to edited files.
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
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Optionally:
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Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Optionally, delete License.txt and unnecessary language files |
What's new? | See: https://mpesch3.de/index.html#dwn |
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j7n
on 2017-04-06 22:59
The new "flat" design with similar monochrome icons is a step back in usability. Normal appearance, apart from grouping of toolbar buttons, can be restored under Configuration -> Layout.
aazard
on 2020-11-30 23:58
AT ITS SIZE, nothing is like this! so powerful
tomcat
on 2021-08-31 04:09
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How to extract: For portability, you now have to tick the option it presents you to force it. |
TAudioConverter is an advanced, multi-threaded audio converter and extractor. The program can convert between most popular audio formats as well as extract audio streams from video files. Effects to audio streams include trimming, volume change, normalization, guard against clipping, sampling and channels (mono, stereo, 5.1).
Supported formats - Audio: mp3, wav, m4a, flac, ogg, tta, mpc, aac, ac3, spx, opus, shn, wv, mpc, ape, wma, 3ga, amr, thd, aac, m4b, tak, dts, aiff, dtsma, mpa, mka; Video: rmvb, mp4, mkv, avi, mov, m4v, mpeg, flv, vob, divx, wmv, 3gp, m2ts, mts
Alternatively, TAudioConverter Portable automatically switches between 32-bit and 64-bit and adjusts paths.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | No |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting "portable" EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch TAudioConverter.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | fre:ac, LameXP, Pazera Free Audio Extractor |
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BGM
on 2014-08-22 14:50
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Hey, if you all use the installer, be careful! It has some very subtle "other" stuff bundled in there. Make sure you read every panel. "Other" stuff includes "Search Protect" and "Trovi Search" which changes your search pages and home pages. PUSH SKIP. There is another one that tries to install (but I can't get it to do it after cancelling the installation once) and you have to push "disagree" in order not to install it. |
M3 is an extremely small music player with a minimalist user interface and support for MP3, WMA and WAV formats. It has a searchable playlist, drag-and-drop support for queuing audio files, and can be minimized to the system tray.
Note: website offline -- linking to archive.org and softpedia.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch M3.exe. |
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__philippe
on 2017-04-05 21:35
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M3 alternative download link: |
AnyBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / Blu-ray disc burning software with most common features. Includes the ability to burn files/image to disc, create an image from disc, drive info, disc copy, image file conversion (e.g. ISO -> BIN/CUE) and erase rewritable. Can also burn audio files (MP3, FLAC, APE, M4A, WAV, WMA etc.) to audio CD.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://anyburn.com/tutorials/history.htm |
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Cathy indexes files stored on removable media (CD's, DVD's or even diskettes), hard disks or net drives, to create searchable catalogs that can be used without having access to original media. The program is small, fast and easy-to-use with search capabilities based on file name, date and size. Additional features include filtering options, search duplicates or singles, customisable date format etc.
If files are available (external/network drive connected, DVD inserted) they can be opened (executed) or deleted directly. Other features include drag and drop support available, printing of both directory trees and MP3 album/song lists, and disk space usage analysis.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder. Follow these instructions. |
Dependencies: | Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Cathy.exe -ini cathy.reg. |
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SteveJ
on 2011-04-03 00:06
Simple little program, but unfortunate doesn't support unicode, so if you have any files w/ foreign language or other special characters, they'll get cataloged as "?" for any unicode character.
Midas
on 2013-02-22 19:32
FYI, I posted a couple of problems I found trying to make Cathy portable @ http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=62490#p62490
warmwhisky
on 2022-10-04 10:39
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This program is great. I can't believe Windows is now so convoluted that the basic out of the box search works so poorly. |
1by1 is a lightweight and low-resource usage audio player that plays directories or whole drives, with optional playlist/favorites support. The program remembers last track and position, supports gapless playback or crossfading between tracks, audio enhancer and Winamp 2.x input plugin support. Manage your collection from within the program including folder compare, delete, rename while playing, move and more.
Supports most popular formats including MP3, OGG, MP4, CDs and more.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 1by1.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | foobar2000 |
What's new? | See: https://mpesch3.de/1by1.html#dwn |
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freakazoid
on 2021-03-17 16:37
To reply to my previous comment, v1.98 just so happens to have a download size of 198kb :)
shuunen
on 2021-11-16 13:16
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version 2 is out, 199kb setup file, unzip & enjoy a great portable minimal player <3 |
AudioTester is a drag-and-drop tool that tests for errors in MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and WavPack files.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
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Similar/alternative apps: | MP3val |
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webfork
on 2010-04-03 07:27
Works well. Found several errors in some junky MP3s I had, although MP3val (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1415) was able to actually fix them. This program of course will test more types of files.
TP109
on 2015-02-26 18:52
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Couldn't get ver 1.7 to work with XP. Ver 1.6 does work with XP and can be downloaded here: |
CDBurnerXP burns CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. The program can create and burn bootable ISOs as well as burn standard format playable CDs. The program also includes a BIN/NRG to ISO converter, simple cover printing and post-burn verification. Audio CDs can be burned from most formats (MP3, FLAC, M4A etc.) with or without gaps between tracks, and includes support for metadata and audio normalization.
Supports many world languages.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: |
Application folder Windows registry More |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0+ |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Canneverbe Limited\CDBurnerXP |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch cdbxpp.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ImgBurn, cdrtfe, AnyBurn |