This message is for those of us who may still have some of those old AIF format night flight sound recordings kicking around, but have been looking for an easy way to convert them to WAV format (or other output file types).
So, I thought I'd share with everyone an excellent audio converter that I just found and successfully tested. It's called Fubar2000. http://www.foobar2000.org/ It's freeware, no gimmicks (except for the ads on the page.don't click on those - including the fake "Download" button - just click on the actual version releases under "Latest news"). It was pretty easy to figure out how to use. I needed to convert a huge batch (1,282) of audio files from AIF format to WAV format. I added the batch of files (or the directory) to be converted, right-clicked on the highlighted files, and chose "convert" from the menu. Then I changed the output directory, crossed my fingers, and clicked the "Convert" button. Within 2-3 minutes, I had all 1,282 files converted and conveniently placed in the output directory that I had created.and they worked! The conversion does not eliminate the original files; it creates a new copy of the files in the format of your choice (default is WAV). Hope this is helpful - it was for me! Good night listening! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
