- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $18.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: December 29, 2007
- Total Downloads: 16,352,561
- Downloads last week: 4,888
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A newer version of dBpoweramp Music Converter is available.
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 823 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This mostly standard audio utility simply converts files and rips CDs, but it works without a hitch. dBpowerAmp Music Converter has separate interfaces for extracting audio from discs and batch converting tunes. In our tests, the program showed good speed. It can even rip some protected audio CDs and includes a basic player.
It queries CD information from the Web and can automatically create subfolders and name tracks. To keep the download size small, it only includes MP3 (LAME) and WAV codecs, though you can easily download and install additional components from the publisher's site. Similar to other utilities in this genre, dBpowerAmp Music Converter lets you determine the audio quality of your new files, though it also offers an ample number of presets.
Also, unlike some competing programs, this demo will let you rip or transform as many files as you like for a full month. Most people who rip and convert audio files occasionally will find something to like about dBpowerAmp Music Converter, particularly novices.
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Publisher's description
From Illustrate :dBpoweramp Music Converter nicknamed the Swiss knife of audio: Digitally rip audio CDs, Convert effortlessly between audio formats, extend Windows shell, Edit ID Tags. CD Ripper: secure, fast and supports AccurateRip, making it the only choice when ripping cds. CD details and extended information such as label, rating, composer and album artwork are retrieved from All Media Guide. Convert: effortlessly between audio formats whilst preserving ID tags. Practically every audio type supported, including mp3, mp4, m4a (iPod & iTunes), Windows Media Audio (WMA), OGG Vorbis, AAC, Apple Lossless, Wavpack, Monkey's Audio, and FLAC (from Codec Central). A broad range of DSP effects including ReplayGain Normalization, Graphic EQ, Fade. Windows Integration: audio info tips and columns. Advanced ID tag editing.
Version 12.4 features: CD Ripper: New AccurateRip. mp3: Album Art handling improvement (handles art description field).
What's new in this version:
Version 12.4 features: CD Ripper: New AccurateRip. mp3: Album Art handling improvement (handles art description field).
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User reviews of dBpoweramp Music Converter 12.4
- Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 823 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: dBpoweramp Music Converter 12.4
"Link to free version dBpoweramp 10 ww.videohelp.com/tools/dBpowerAMP"
Pros: Free versions better
Cons: Free versions better
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: dBpoweramp Music Converter 12.4
"this once was a great program"
Pros: when it was ironically actually free to use, and the fee was a "shareware" price without nag screens.
The more it costs to buy the worse the program seems to get - go figure?
Cons: It charges for MP3 conversions when there are several FREE 100% options downloadable online.
The GUI (user interface) is COUNTER-intuitive, and thus confusing. If he'd just follow the usual expectations for a basic GUI it would far more useful.
Help with the program is pathetic. The developer assumes everyone is eager to sift through pages and pages of "help text" and "forums" to find the answer to his problem.
The problem is while many people may indeed have the same problem, most people do not speak the jargon and can describe identical things completely differently - SOOOOO having to search through the forums is a huge time taking endeavor. Then the basic help info sucks.
The guy needs to get someone who knows how to "talk to people" to handle this stuff. It's pretty clear he is a classic computer person who finds it impossible to talk to anyone below his level of expertise, and thinks anyone who is not on his level is just lazy or not trying hard enough.
That's too bad, considering that when it first came out it was great, but now alternatives have caught up, and there is far less reason for anyone experiencing more than a few minutes of frustration to put up with it let alone buy it.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: dBpoweramp Music Converter 12.4
Pros: I though it would burn CDs.
Cons: Crashes on me a lot.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: dBpoweramp Music Converter 12.4
Pros: dont know
Cons: installed - didnt run. went to web site - found msg saying they were
haveing a problem and were working on it.
so now back to ver 11.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: dBpoweramp Music Converter 12.4
Pros: Easy to convert multiple files
Cons: I do not like the new VBR ; I am more partial to being able to choose my setting. I always picked the 192kbps setting myself; and I like being able to choose my speed for MP3s.
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