Audacity Forum

If there is a way to view the bitrates of each song, there's a way to see if it's been transcoded multiple times. Say i downloaded a cbr 320 mp3 from the internet, i check it out on audacity to see how many hz it has. A reg 320 would have 18,000 hz, so if i see it only has 16,000 hz, i know it's bee...

FLAC was merely an example, but you can definitely transcode FLAC to mp3 because it's only a single lossy stage. I do it all the time with a program called XLD (for mac). If I download a mp3 from the internet, I want to know what kind of mp3 it is (what the bitrate is) so I can see if it went throug...

That's a very good point. Thanks for answering, but now I'm more intrigued about learning a better and more accurate way since there's too many variables in my original procedure. What do you think is the best way?

Exactly, I want to see if the files I downloaded were transcoded or not. Usually when a file is transcoded (especially over the internet) it effects the quality. For instance, if the file is a perfect FLAC, it will have 20,500 HZ (making it flawless), while a CBR 320 MP3 only contains 18,000 HZ. I n...

Newbie here, so I could use all the help I can get. If I were to download a music file off the internet (blog, website, etc) how can I check to see that the files are not transcoded? I know I will have to open each song in Audacity and choose Spectrum under the drop down menu, but that is all I know...