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  • verb To convert from one encoding to another.

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trans- +‎ code

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Examples

  • For the next step, you need to install a lovely little package called transcode, which includes a utility called tcextract.

    blog.josephhall.com 2008

  • And you can convert ( "transcode" in editing parlance) your cinematic efforts into compressed clips that you can output to a connected iPod Touch (just in case you want to regale a stranger on a plane with videos of your 2-year-old).

    PCWorld 2010

  • And you can convert ( "transcode" in editing parlance) your cinematic efforts into compressed clips that you can output to a connected iPod Touch (just in case you want to regale a stranger on a plane with videos of your 2-year-old).

    PCWorld 2010

  • Then I could archive it to FLAC, Wavpack, Monkey’s Audio, etc, with pretty much near zero quality loss, and be able to do what ever I want with it forever (such as transcode it to Vorbis for use on my Rio Karma).

    MusicGiants, Big Four deal 2005

  • Then I could archive it to FLAC, Wavpack, Monkey’s Audio, etc, with pretty much near zero quality loss, and be able to do what ever I want with it forever such as transcode it to Vorbis for use on my Rio Karma.

    MusicGiants, Big Four deal 2005

  • Where necessary, systems such as conference bridges can convert, or transcode, signals.

    Time To Make Phone Calls Sound Better? « Steve Wildstrom on Tech 2009

  • Where necessary, systems such as conference bridges can convert, or transcode, signals.

    2009 December « Steve Wildstrom on Tech 2009

  • I agree that you should transcode the. rss files into MP3 format.

    Should Pacey Teach Economics?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • A 7-minute video took three hours to transcode, and still had difficulty working.

    Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: Home Networks Robert J. Elisberg 2011

  • But really, why would anybody bother to jump through a bunch of hoops to transcode the files from WMA to something better (like mp3 or Vorbis or something), just for interoperability?

    LaLa and DRM 2009

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