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Convert Media Format Dialog

The Convert Media Format command — in the Menu bar Tools menu — is available when you select one or more clips in My Library. Use these dialogs, drop-down menus, and options when manually converting media:

Option

Description

Clip Name

Display and edit clip name of new file. Not available when converting multiple files.

Format

Select file format for the new file or files from the drop-down list.

Quality

Select the file quality (bitrate) for the new file or files from the drop-down list.

VBR

Select for VBR formatting. (Available with MP3 file format only.)

Additional Options

Clip Info	Choose whether to add the existing Clip Info from the original clip or clips to the new clip or clips.
Erase the current clip...	After a media file has been converted, the original file and clip are deleted.
Create a new playlist...	After files have been converted, a new playlist is created and the new clips added to it.
Name of new playlist	Playlist name for the above option.

Note: New media files are saved in the default My Library Files location set in Tools > Preferences > General.

About Audio Quality

Higher quality music files take up more space on your hard drive than lower quality music files. For example, a 3-minute track saved as 44 Kbps RealAudio takes up only 0.9MB, while the same track at 96 Kbps takes 2.1MB.

128 Kbps is the industry standard for MP3 recordings and is very near CD quality. Most people won't notice a significant difference between files saved at 128 Kbps and those saved at 320 Kbps. When choosing your bitrate, consider the tradeoff between sound quality and file size.