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How can I convert my music?
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I have an iPhone. The storage I have is all I've got.
You could consider running a plex server and using Plexamp to stream from that to your phone. It’s free as of a few days ago!
Don't by iPhone
You need ffmpeg
Read this for the exact command
You can use the find command (in console) to list all mp3 files, these you can pipe into ffmpeg.
Just ask ChatGPT to write the shell script for you
Already did that. Thanks though.
By the way, owning an iPhone is not my choice. I'm 17 and still living with my parents, and my dad is a huge Apple fanboy. Ideally, I'd have either a Pixel with DivestOS, an Xperia with SailfishOS, a PinePhone with PostMarketOS, or an old Nokia 3210; but for now I'm stuck with my second hand iPhone SE.
If I were you, I would stick to streaming in that case.
However, if you're dead set on storing files locally and there's no other option but to transcode, then use 128kbps Opus instead of AAC - assuming that iPhones support it (I haven't checked). It's a lot more efficient.
A good converter program to use is fre:ac but don't ask me for an iOS only app because I'm not an Apple guy at all.
Doesn’t support it directly, I can’t add opus files to the iTunes library, so I had to use VLC for them, but it’s not designed to be a music player for the iPhone and the music stops after playing a couple of songs with the screen off
The app I'm using on my iPhone (foobar2000) supports OGG Opus. However, decoding takes about a second, resulting in a noticeable gap between songs.