Changing output from 128 kbps to 192

[StoryC]

I'm trying to change some recordings I have made from 128 kbps to 192. I currently use version 1.2.6. I have searched through every possible option to find a way to select a different kbps, or even to record something new in 192 kbps, but have found nothing. I was advised to use version 1.3.6, as supposedly this version has an option in the "export" menu that allows you to do this. I attempted to download 1.3.6, but the program just kept reinstalling 1.2.6, which I already have. I tried this about fifteen times over the span of 2 days, with no such luck. After that, I attempted to get 1.3.7, which is unstable, but I figured if 1.3.6 had that option, the more advanced one would as well. Not only could I not find this option anywhere, this newest version crashes every time I open it. Is there any possible way, using 1.2.6, to change kbps? Or is there some way I can download 1.3.6, which has this option?

[steve]

In Audacity 1.2 the Export format is in the Audacity Preferences (Edit menu > Preferences).

Audacity 1.3 is now widely recommended as it is much more up to date and superior in many ways to the old 1.2 version.
However, if you are installing onto a Vista machine, there are a few quirks with Vista that you need to be aware of to install Audacity correctly - see here: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... s_Vista_OS

By the way - changing MP3s from 128 to 192kbps is probably not a good idea. Any sound quality loss in the 128kbps recording is irreversible. Compressing to MP3 always causes some loss in sound quality, and re-encoding a 128kbps file to 192kbps requires that Audacity uncompresses it, then compresses it again, so there is a double loss in sound quality.