Convert mp3 to lesser quality-help please!

[eatenbytehworms]

Is there a way that I can convert 1411 kbps mp3 to a lesser quality one?  I'm trying to upload an mp3 of my piano performance to my website, but it's 115.1 MB.  This is for college apps, which require that I make a website to present my arts/music supplement.

Thanks

[enemy anemone]

I like to use bonkenc for that kind of stuff.

[bloop]

mp3s come in 1411 kbps?  320 kbps is about the highest I know of, so that might be a wav file, in which case, it's pretty easy to do (lame encoder, and a front end if you want to make it a bit easier.  I recommend EAC.)

If it really is an mp3, you can decode it to wav, then re-encode to whatever quality you like.  It would then be a transcode, but it's not like you're planning on selling it.

http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

http://lame.sourceforge.net/

[eatenbytehworms]

Yeah, it's a wav sorry.

[bloop]

I haven't tried it, but this doesn't look like it would require much fuss.

[Vlad!]

Many times your media player will be able to do this for you...on Windows I know that foobar2000 and WinAmp can and I suspect that iTunes and Windows Media Player can as well. VLC, which is multiplatform, should be able to convert too (there's a "convert/save" option under the Media menu, but I haven't tried it).

[murlough23]

iTunes can do that. Just right click the file in your iTunes library and "Create mp3 version".