I have a weird question. I've been archiving old sound files to DVD from CD-Rs to save space. Most of these, for some reason (I blame realplayer on my old work computer) are saved in .mpga format, which is really annoying. Now, if I rename them, I can change the format to .mp3 and they will work fine - but if I have to do this one file at a time, it's gonna take a while, and I'm at work.
Is there a way to change the extension on multiple items without downloading a conversion program (I'm at work, and cannot install software without an admin password)?
Oh, and I'm on a PC, of course - office job.
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This won't help you at work, but when you're at home try http://www.versiontracker.com. I know that there are Mac shareware apps that will do batch file type renaming, so I assume there's a Windoze equivalent.
(I also wonder if iTunes or some other player wouldn't automatically correct the suffix if dropped into its library. Maybe. Dunno.)
(I also wonder if iTunes or some other player wouldn't automatically correct the suffix if dropped into its library. Maybe. Dunno.)
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I MAY have found a DOS prompt.
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dbpoweramp does batch file conversions. http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
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For non-free things, places like this are handy …Flex wrote:dbpoweramp does batch file conversions. http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
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I solved this. I just needed to run the DOS prompt 'rename *.mpga *.mp3' in the proper directory.
Thanks, though!
Thanks, though!
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DOS prompt. Ahhhh.
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