Freeware/open source batch audio convert for Windows?

[Michael Zacherl.]

On Apr 27, 2010, at 22:55 , Tony Hardie-Bick wrote:

> lame --preset extreme file.wav file.mp3
> 
> gives you a variable bit rate codec which you won't know from the original. 

reportedly VBR causes troubles on some iPods - what would be the setting without VBR?
(my old shuffle used to lock up sometimes, btw. I tracked it down to songs/pieces with VBR on)

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