Convert Music Online for Free with Media.io

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Written by Alan Thursday, 6 October 2011 07:00

Everyone is always looking for a way to convert a song from one format to another. Most of what we buy comes in either MP3 or AAC format, but some people prefer WMA or OGG, or something else. There are an almost endless number of software programs that you can download to do this – some are paid apps, some are free apps, and some are just spyware disguised as what you want. You may want a desktop app if you have a large number of files that need to be converted, but the vast amount of user probably only have occasional need for such a program.

If you are one of the majority, then you may want to consider a web-app solution. We have been looking at several recently, and we’ll be bringing you our take on each one over the next few weeks.

Today, we are looking at Media.io. It’s a free web app that allows a user to browse, select, and upload a file and choose what format they want it converted to. Supported file formats include WMA, Mp3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, OGG, AC3, and many more.

To get started just click the “Browse” and select the file on computer that you want to convert, then click the “Upload” button. Now, click the “Upload” button and wait a few seconds for your file to upload to the Media.io website.

You will then need to choose a format you would like your file converted to. Your choices are MP3, WAV, OGG, and WMA. You can then choose your encoding quality – 256, 192, 128, or 96 KBIT/S. Finally, click the “Convert” button. The conversion, even at a high bit rate, was very fast. My 8 MB sample coverted from MP3 to 192 KBIT/S OGG in only a about 10 seconds. Once it’s complete, you can download your newly formatted file.

Media.io was fast and easy to use. It’s also very simple to understand, so anyone can use it. It gets our recommendation as a web app that is worth, not just trying out, but using when you have that stray audio file that you need to convert to a different format.

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Alan

Alan is the owner and editor of Making Windows Easy. In addition to writing about technology he is also an avid distance runner and hiker. Read More

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