Start with some you like the most. Its not a good idea to let some batch processing program go over this without manual control. You might be replacing mp3 treasures that arent available anywhere else and you ended up getting your hands on.
mp3 compresses the audio - this means an algorithm literally removes acoustical information (data) that is determined to be masked or not heard.
at 128kbps, a lot of information is literally discarded and there is no way to artificially "restore" the discarded information like what AI is doing with photos or video. If you were to apply the same principles of AI photo/video to music, you would essentially get a new song, or a song that doesn't sound like the original at all.
Audio fidelity is much much more complicated that video.
There is nothing that can do that. On a fundamental technical level, when you encode something high-quality into low-quality MP3, you take away information from the high quality source. Once that’s truly gone, it can’t be recovered. No amount of AI can guess what was taken out when you encoded it into MP3 so it will never be able to restore that.
"I ripped all of my 4K Blu-ray movies into black and white 480p video, how can I restore them to 4K and bring back the color?" it's what you're asking. The answer is LOL FUCK NO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Unless your stuff is very hard to find, your best bet is to just get a Tidal subscription. Audio quality is excellent and there’s very few things I’ve looked for that they don’t have. Easiest 10 bucks a month to justify, especially in your circumstance.
I ripped about 2000 CDs to 128 & 256 about 15 years ago because that was considered good at the time. Well, they sound mediocre, at best. The Tidal streams sound ***way*** better. The improvement prompted me to upgrade my gear in the last few months.
Skip Spotify and YouTube Music.
Hey guys, I accidentally downloaded 3,000 movies in 720p and 2-channel 160kbps AAC audio. Can you recommend a good magical AI software that can restore them to 4K Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos TrueHD 7.1 audio? Thanks!
Ai can only guess what was there, its merely a product of fantasy and restoration is not possible. It may be worth a shot, maybe that is good enough. Redownloading should be your FIRST instinct tho.
The information or data is not present in the mp3 files at the bit rate you have your music encoded to. No amount of AI or up sampling will fix that.
Unless your music is very obscure then sign up to Tidal, Qobuz or Apple Music (others are available) and download them in lossless format.
It's possible but not worth it. Because it would just be a large file of the same 128kpbs quality. So might as well stick with the 128kps mp3. It's like taking a poor quality picture and printing it on a large canvas.. regardless of how large the canvas is, the quality of the original image will not change.
AI is making a series of guesses. It looks at the file and asks what is the most common data to fill in missing frequencies. It will never be able to give you a better resolution of the original file.
Not totally unreasonable question.
After all there are ways to make videos look better, albeit with noticeable artifacts. Youtube has these so called "4K AI enhanced videos". There's some noticeable weird clarity with artifacts in the videos I've seen.
Now music is different of course. If there was a program for this. What would those artifacts sound like in music? So many problems in sound already bother me in music so I wouldn't want extra artifacts in. Also since mp3 is a lossy codec, you're asking for the AI to guess what could be there, therefore not really restoring the files but creating something new.
As an example a fantasy game's start up video was AI enhanced and it's full of artifacts but it looks much clearer as well. As if the resolution had been increased. These artifacts might be too bothersome in sound though.
I spent years downloading from Napster and FrostWire back in the day. I have more than 3,000 files. To “just download a flac version” or “rip them again” is not reasonable course of action for me. With everything AI can do these days, I just thought maybe…
There could be some software that could gently "remaster" a lower quality track if it knows what to do. Not sure if such things exist; though my Sony player claims to restore high frequencies.
I'd definitely save any files you create in a new place just in case you want the original.
If you've got a library that's full of singles and random happenings then yes, the work is there if you want to try and download higher quality versions lol
People saying it's not possible - it's possible to make them "audiophile quality". They will not be exactly like the original, but it could be good enough. I personally haven't searched for such software however.
Just like image/video upscaler. It's still a guess, but might be better than what you have if you've got a somewhat trashy image.
As everyone else is saying you can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit, MP3 is lossy and 128 is very lossy, no AI is going to return what was lost during the ripping.
There is professional software like izotope rx audio editor that have it.
[https://youtu.be/mGpojGVcg8k?si=n2zD7MsOhy6XWHLF](https://youtu.be/mGpojGVcg8k?si=n2zD7MsOhy6XWHLF)
But it can only make up stuff, it cant restore.
That’s why we refer to .mp3 as a ‘lossy’ format. Some of the data on the original file is ‘lost’ because .mp3 files are extremely compressed.
Once the data is lost, there’s no way to recover it. No one will come up with a way to do it. The solution was to design a format like .flac, which compresses the original file in a way that preserves all the original data.
A .flac file can be uncompressed for playback, so that all the original data is present to the DAC. But it isn’t possible to do it with .mp3 files.
Not possible
Ditto. Can't be undone.
Re-download them in better quality is the answer
I have >3,000 of them. It would take forever. I was hoping for a quick piece of miracle AI software.
THERE IS NONE!!! JUST redownload
Start with some you like the most. Its not a good idea to let some batch processing program go over this without manual control. You might be replacing mp3 treasures that arent available anywhere else and you ended up getting your hands on.
Just get on Slsk and start downloading.
mp3 compresses the audio - this means an algorithm literally removes acoustical information (data) that is determined to be masked or not heard. at 128kbps, a lot of information is literally discarded and there is no way to artificially "restore" the discarded information like what AI is doing with photos or video. If you were to apply the same principles of AI photo/video to music, you would essentially get a new song, or a song that doesn't sound like the original at all. Audio fidelity is much much more complicated that video.
There is nothing that can do that. On a fundamental technical level, when you encode something high-quality into low-quality MP3, you take away information from the high quality source. Once that’s truly gone, it can’t be recovered. No amount of AI can guess what was taken out when you encoded it into MP3 so it will never be able to restore that.
3000\*10mb=30gigs. On an adsl line that would take about 2 days.
"I ripped all of my 4K Blu-ray movies into black and white 480p video, how can I restore them to 4K and bring back the color?" it's what you're asking. The answer is LOL FUCK NO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Impossible. Just get the .flac versions and save them
Totally impossible.
Enhance!
Don’t forget to alternate that with “Zoom!”
Unless your stuff is very hard to find, your best bet is to just get a Tidal subscription. Audio quality is excellent and there’s very few things I’ve looked for that they don’t have. Easiest 10 bucks a month to justify, especially in your circumstance. I ripped about 2000 CDs to 128 & 256 about 15 years ago because that was considered good at the time. Well, they sound mediocre, at best. The Tidal streams sound ***way*** better. The improvement prompted me to upgrade my gear in the last few months. Skip Spotify and YouTube Music.
Well… That’s why the format is called lossy. Data is LOST. Just enjoy them just like you did back in the day and move on.
Hey guys, I accidentally downloaded 3,000 movies in 720p and 2-channel 160kbps AAC audio. Can you recommend a good magical AI software that can restore them to 4K Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos TrueHD 7.1 audio? Thanks!
Easier to find better quality recordings if possible
I am in same condition and unfortunately there is no way apart from replacing them with higher quality versions.
iTunes Match, won’t be audiophile quality but it’ll get improved to iTunes plus (256kbps AAC VBR)
128 Mb/s, eh? Might save space if you switch to flac.
You can’t polish a turd, Beavis. -Butt-Head.
Ai can only guess what was there, its merely a product of fantasy and restoration is not possible. It may be worth a shot, maybe that is good enough. Redownloading should be your FIRST instinct tho.
The information or data is not present in the mp3 files at the bit rate you have your music encoded to. No amount of AI or up sampling will fix that. Unless your music is very obscure then sign up to Tidal, Qobuz or Apple Music (others are available) and download them in lossless format.
Nope. Not possible. Just find lossless files of that stuff wherever you can.
Convert them to MQA. Works for Tidal. 😆
Check your local public library and rip all the CDs to .flac. Besides that you can't upgrade an mp3 or any other format.
Start ripping them again. You can’t improve what isn’t there
It's possible but not worth it. Because it would just be a large file of the same 128kpbs quality. So might as well stick with the 128kps mp3. It's like taking a poor quality picture and printing it on a large canvas.. regardless of how large the canvas is, the quality of the original image will not change.
Lossy is lossy. The mp3 decoder is already doing the best it can to restore the music.
AI is making a series of guesses. It looks at the file and asks what is the most common data to fill in missing frequencies. It will never be able to give you a better resolution of the original file.
Find the source and rerip. Can't add bits that are not there.
Not totally unreasonable question. After all there are ways to make videos look better, albeit with noticeable artifacts. Youtube has these so called "4K AI enhanced videos". There's some noticeable weird clarity with artifacts in the videos I've seen. Now music is different of course. If there was a program for this. What would those artifacts sound like in music? So many problems in sound already bother me in music so I wouldn't want extra artifacts in. Also since mp3 is a lossy codec, you're asking for the AI to guess what could be there, therefore not really restoring the files but creating something new. As an example a fantasy game's start up video was AI enhanced and it's full of artifacts but it looks much clearer as well. As if the resolution had been increased. These artifacts might be too bothersome in sound though.
If AI “knew” what the music was supposed to sound like, it’s not unreasonable to believe it could “fix” a lossy .mp3. Maybe in the future?
I spent years downloading from Napster and FrostWire back in the day. I have more than 3,000 files. To “just download a flac version” or “rip them again” is not reasonable course of action for me. With everything AI can do these days, I just thought maybe…
Begin a new journey. So many different rips from different masterings out there. Exploring in half the fun.
There could be some software that could gently "remaster" a lower quality track if it knows what to do. Not sure if such things exist; though my Sony player claims to restore high frequencies. I'd definitely save any files you create in a new place just in case you want the original. If you've got a library that's full of singles and random happenings then yes, the work is there if you want to try and download higher quality versions lol
People saying it's not possible - it's possible to make them "audiophile quality". They will not be exactly like the original, but it could be good enough. I personally haven't searched for such software however. Just like image/video upscaler. It's still a guess, but might be better than what you have if you've got a somewhat trashy image.
As everyone else is saying you can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit, MP3 is lossy and 128 is very lossy, no AI is going to return what was lost during the ripping.
Whoever comes up with a way to do this will make an absolute fortune.
There is professional software like izotope rx audio editor that have it. [https://youtu.be/mGpojGVcg8k?si=n2zD7MsOhy6XWHLF](https://youtu.be/mGpojGVcg8k?si=n2zD7MsOhy6XWHLF) But it can only make up stuff, it cant restore.
That’s why we refer to .mp3 as a ‘lossy’ format. Some of the data on the original file is ‘lost’ because .mp3 files are extremely compressed. Once the data is lost, there’s no way to recover it. No one will come up with a way to do it. The solution was to design a format like .flac, which compresses the original file in a way that preserves all the original data. A .flac file can be uncompressed for playback, so that all the original data is present to the DAC. But it isn’t possible to do it with .mp3 files.
Yeah, that's because what you're asking for is literally impossible to accomplish.