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I'm just using the dropdown on the BIAB program and selecting mp3 there - not using a separate program.


Right, but back to my original comment...

BIAB uses the CODECs installed on your Windows system, which by default are limited to 56kbps. That is never going to sound good, except maybe for voice only applications.

In order to get higher bit rates, you need to either install or enable those higher bit rates within Windows. This means installing the ACM version of the CODEC (CODEC means COder/DECoder, by the way). You can install LAME, both as a standalone CODEC, and also using the ACM version (which installs it into the Windows registry). Just make sure you download the correct version and follow the text file instructions carefully.

There is also a registry hack to enable the Fraunhofer CODEC already found in Windows, but you'll have to find that on your own and decide whether to use it or not.

Or, as has been suggested here, just use a different application that uses an external CODEC (most seem to use LAME) to convert your files. The Audacity website, for example, has pretty good instructions on how to enable it within Audacity.

And this is a question that has been asked by many over the years, so you're not the only one.

John

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