Help Shrink music files when transfer to Android?

nz_gamer_mum · May 9, 2017

Hi, I am currently in the process of switching over from a very old iphone to Android (Sony Xperia XA). I have a lot of music, which on my PC is saved as large high quality .m4a files. When syncing these to iphone there was the built in functionality to downsize and make them 128kbps automatically on the phone (where space is an issue), while keeping only the large files on the PC.

Is there any similar tool to downsize music files directly while syncing them onto the Android? Or will I have to make transcoded copies of all the music on my PC first and then just copy the smaller files to the phone? If so can anyone recommend a good tool for converting lots of folders of songs in bulk? Thanks.

Phalon4 · May 9, 2017

nz_gamer_mum said:
Hi, I am currently in the process of switching over from a very old iphone to Android (Sony Xperia XA). I have a lot of music, which on my PC is saved as large high quality .m4a files. When syncing these to iphone there was the built in functionality to downsize and make them 128kbps automatically on the phone (where space is an issue), while keeping only the large files on the PC.

Is there any similar tool to downsize music files directly while syncing them onto the Android? Or will I have to make transcoded copies of all the music on my PC first and then just copy the smaller files to the phone? If so can anyone recommend a good tool for converting lots of folders of songs in bulk? Thanks.

Hi, It's best to create a file on your PC and move your music to it first. Most music files has a coded encryption installed on it to keep it being copied. These encryptions are implanted to keep people from making copies of its data, ln layman's terms its called a copy block and these copy blocks in turn will keep some music files from being downloaded to other devices because these encryptions are in placed. There is a workaround fix for this issue. NOTE: When moving your music files from one device to another that already have these copy blocks encryptions installed like iPhone , Windows 10. This process is time-consuming and I've used it many times depending on how many music files I have to rewrite/ edit the individual music file. Just change any letter within any file with a different number or letter. This process changes the file and separates it from any original coded encrypted copy block. Also if you have a ton of music files it's best to create a zip file to compress your music data and save it to Dropbox or somewhere like Google Drive. I've done this process many times because of the restrictions on copying music only for personal entertainment and not for redistribution for profits.

mikedt · May 9, 2017

Probably just easier to get a large capacity micro-SD, put the music on that, insert it in the Xperia and you're done.
Have you got more than 256GB of music? Because AFAIK that phone can use a 256GB micro-SD.

nz_gamer_mum · May 9, 2017

mikedt said:
Probably just easier to get a large capacity micro-SD, put the music on that, insert it in the Xperia and you're done.
Have you got more than 256GB of music? Because AFAIK that phone can use a 256GB micro-SD.

I thought the largest microsd for Xperia XA was 200gb? which the music in its current format is close to reaching, plus I still want a decent amount of free space for photos/videos (recently had a baby so taking A LOT), apps and future music. I don't particularly want to spend money on a new larger microsd card when i already have a card available and everything fit easily with space to spare on a 64gb iphone.
I ripped my cd collection at maximum quality a while ago as a backup - which is around 1000kbps bit rate, and 350mb+ per album - so there is no way i need that quality on the go.

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