yacib Portable Mp3

yacib Portable Mp3 is a program designed to help you prepare audio tracks and video clips for portable devices, such as MP3 players and mobile phones, by providing some file conversion options. Sound formats can be altered to MP3, M4A, MP4 or WAV.

Contrary to what its name might imply, yacib Portable Mp3 is not a portable piece of software, so installation is required.

The interface of the program is clean and intuitive. Importing items into the file list can be done with the help of the file browser, tree view or 'drag and drop' function. Converting multiple entries in a single session is possible.

The file queue provides specific information on each item, including the name, type, size, audio properties (e.g. bit rate, channel mode, frequency) and metadata.

If you are satisfied with the default settings, then you can immediately initialize the conversion procedure after establishing the output directory and file type. Experienced users can change the default channel mode and select the bit rate mode (variable or constant), as well as disable yacib Portable Mp3 from copying the metadata (including the artwork).

Choosing what columns and metadata fields to be displayed in the layout is possible from the 'Options' screen. Plus, you can make the app check for updates on a regular basis, modify the window state (normal or maximized), look into a log file, as well as give ratings and assign genres to tracks.

Last but not least, you can use 'yacib FLV MP4 Detector' to identify FLV and MP4 files on web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera), in order to download and convert them to other file types (e.g. MP3, MP4, WMV, RM).

The application finishes a task briefly while using a moderate amount of system resources. It is very responsive, supports keyboard shortcuts and contains user's guide. The output sound tracks have a good audio quality. Unfortunately, you cannot configure some important audio settings (e.g. bit rate, frequency).