Questions tagged [mp3]
Audio encoding format that allows for lossy data compression. It is a common format for consumer audio storage.
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How to copy MP3 files from my PC to my iphone?
How to copy MP3 files from my PC to my iphone? I have many Mp3 on my PC but some Mp3s I want to copy in iphone to listen from iphone. How to do that? I'm having itunes account and itunes software on ...
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Converting WAV to MP3 using LAME and Automator
I'd like to convert many WAV files to MP3 files using LAME and Automator. I need a script that I could right click a folder and convert all the WAV files inside the folder to MP3 files. I've been able ...
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How can I add mp3 files as podcasts to my iPhone using iTunes?
I am using iTunes 12.5 on Windows 10 with an iPhone 5s.
Sometimes I download hour-long .mp3 files that I want to put onto my iPhone as podcasts, so that it automatically remembers where I am in my ...
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How to copy MP3 from PC to iPhone 4s without iTunes
How can I sync my MP3 collection on my Windows 7 PC with my iPhone 4S without having to use iTunes?
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How can I download free music from the internet to itunes on the iphone/ipad without using a mac/pc?
There are loads of bands on the internet offering their music as free downloads on their websites. Either as zips or direct mp3 downloads. What ways are there for iphone/ipad users to get the music ...
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What's a good iPhone app for playing MP3 music?
I have an extensive collection of video game music that I like to keep completely separate from my 'regular' music (which I use iTunes to sync w/ my iPhone and the stock Music.app to play).
I'm ...
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How can I download all MP3 files from a web site?
I am wondering if there is any software available in OS X that can download all mp3s or specific type of file from a URL. For e.g. I have a url http://www.parweztv.com/Khan%20Adeeb/SURA-04/ and I want ...
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Transfer private MP3 files from my PC to my iPhone SE 2020
tl;dr: I want to add my own .mp3 files (and audiobook etc.) to my iPhone SE 2020. After selecting File > Add to Library and selecting file in iTunes for PC, files are added, but nothing happens ...
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How to I go from .flac to .mp3 using LAME & FLAC using the Terminal alone?
For a long time I've been using a relative clunky technique which involves Audacity with a LAME plugin. This is fine I guess, but the appeal of the Terminal approach is I can be a little finer grained ...
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Can the finder edit mp3 sound file tags like artist?
How can I change artist of multiple selected mp3 files in finder?
Like in windows we can select multiple mp3 files and can change the artist of all selected file in properties.
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Looking for a lightweight MP3 player for OS X
I'm looking for something, preferably free, to play MP3s in OS X in a way they don't automatically get dumped into iTunes. Any suggestions?
Songbird is not lightweight.
VLC I use for videos.
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Alternative to iTunes?
Over the past decade I've come to acquire a random selection of large hard disks from my older computers. While most of the stuff on it isn't vital, there are fair bits of music I made over the years ...
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Updating iTunes Match metadata/tags?
I recently turned Match on in iTunes, and it did its thing and matched/uploaded songs. I then turned it on in my iPhone and to my horror, the tags that I thought I had meticulously organized weren't ...
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Best audio converter for Mac
I'm searching for an audio converter for mac with wide capabilities. It should be able to:
Convert to flac (not from flac)
Split cue files into separate tracks
Grab audio CDs
Edit ID3-tags in batch ...
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How do transfer mp3 files to iPhone that is configured with iCloud Music Library
I subscribe to the Apple Music service. When I connect my phone to my iMac and open iTunes on the mac and go to the Phone and select Music settings I get "iCloud Music Library is On" iPhone can ...
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How to download an MP3 to an iPod Touch? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to download free music from the internet to itunes on the iphone/ipad without using a mac/pc?
I have a new (4gen) iPod Touch. There's an MP3 on the web that I want to ...
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How to add image to file format .mp3 on a Mac?
I use a Mac and have artwork I would like to add as images to sound .mp3 file.
I am aware that I can create a .mov file using QuickTime media player which is already built-in on my Mac, but I’d just ...
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Setting an MP3s as podcasts in iTunes
I have an iPod Nano 3rd Generation that I use to listen both music and podcasts from iTunes.
Now the issue: I have a bunch of non-iTunes podcasts in MP3 format that I want to add to my iPod as ...
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How can I listen to my mp3 audiobooks on iPhone?
I have a collection of seminars recorded as mp3. In iTunes, I marked them as audiobooks.
I have an Apple music account, so I can access my music library through iCloud, including those I recorded ...
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Music app - half my songs are really quiet, within an album
I've just started using a Mcbook Air(Big Sur, 11.5.1, M1 chipset) after being a Linux/Windows user for years. I brought over my MP3 collection from my old Thinkpad and imported into the Music app.
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Why does my iPod Classic cut off the end of certain songs?
I have an iPod Classic from 2007 (Generation 5.5, 80GB hard drive).
Something that I've been noticing happening more and more is that some songs will play just fine but then at some point they'll ...
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Can Apple Music on macOS display synchronized lyrics embedded in MP3 or AAC (M4A) audio files?
Or does this work only when being online by sideloading the lyrics from the Apple Music subscription service?
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How can an iPod touch play mp3 transferred as files on storage instead of Apple sync using iTunes?
I am currently looking for ways to transfer files from my Linux machine to my version 6.1 iPod Touch. Following this guide, I have been able to use the ifuse package to treat my iPod Touch like a USB ...
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Apple Music doesn't display song's lyrics from MP3 ID3 tag
How can I display lyrics on Apple Music?
Here's my steps:
I edit MP3 tags through kid3 app.
I add lyrics to my MP3 file into the Tag 2 ID3v2.3.0 with encoding ISO-8859-1 (I've also tried UTF-8 and ...
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Applescript to update year tag for audio files
I have a lot of tracks in iTunes where the files are named "music-NNNN.mp3" with NNNN being the year the track was recorded. How can I use Applescript to automatically set the year tag for these files ...