How to Convert Higher Bitrate Songs to 128

Higher-bitrate songs, while sounding great, are often very large files. This means that they take up a lot more space on your computer or your personal music player. You can maximize your device's available space by converting higher-bitrate songs to 128 kbps using iTunes.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• iTunes
• Songs to convert

Setting iTunes to Convert at 128kbps

1. Open your iTunes program. If you do not already have it installed, it is available as a free download from apple.com/itunes.

2. If your operating system is Windows, click "Edit" on the program menu and then select "Preferences." If you are on a Mac, click "iTunes" and then select "Preferences." This will open the iTunes Preferences window.

3. Select the "General" tab at the top of the window.

4. Click on the "Import Settings" button in the middle of the window.

5. Select "Mp3 Encoder" under the "Import Using:" menu.

6. Select "Good Quality (128kbps)" from the "Setting:" menu.

7. Click OK to close the "Import Settings" window and click "OK" again.

Converting Your Songs to 128kbps

8. Create and name a playlist of the songs you want to convert by clicking on the '+' button in the bottom left corner of the iTunes program window.

9. Drag and drop your song files onto the playlist you just created.

10. Select all of the songs in the playlist window by hitting 'Ctrl" and "A."

11. Click "Advanced" on the program menu and select 'Create Mp3 Version'. The program will now begin to convert your songs to 128kbps.

Tips & Warnings

• Converted songs can typically be found under My Documents>My Music>iTunes>iTunes Music.

References

• iTunes homepage