Converting mp3

Since no server will allow big files to be sent in e-mail we're stuck with sending mp3's which of course don't sound as good as Aiff files. My questionis: if I send an mp3 to someone for him to record his vocals on, should he convert the file to Aiff, record his voice over it, and then convert it back to mp3, send it back to me and then if I converted to Aiff would it sound as good as thouugh it had been in the Aif format all along? Or should he skip converting it to an Aiff and just record over it as an mp3 and send it to me for me to convert it back to Aiff. I guess the basic question is: does an mp3 file that is converted to an Aiff file take on all of the uncompressed and good sonic qualiites of an Aiff file or the final product be compromised in some way by the conversion process?

Just tried it and can report the following:
Dragging onto the phone in PC-Suite effects the format conversion
Dragging from Nokia Music is not supported
Dragging from Windows folder is supported
However, files thus transferred lose all related info and can be found by filename (not track name) under
Unknown Artist > Unknown Album.
It is then possible to re-enter the track info directly on the phone via Options > Song Details.
This info true for
Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2
PC Suite 7.1.30.9
N95 (RM-159) V31.0.017
All this means that Nokia Music is superfluous.
History:2110i, 5110, 6210, 6310i, 6111, N80, N95, N900, C5-03, Lumia 710, Lumia 920, N9, Lumia 930
I guess I'll use DOS since nobody supports CP/M anymore...

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import subprocess
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High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layers 1, 2 and 3
version 1.4.3; written and copyright by Michael Hipp and others
free software (LGPL/GPL) without any warranty but with best wishes
[readers.c:893] error: Cannot file [Beginning: No such file or directory
[mpg123.c:516] error: Cannot open [Beginning: File access error. (code 22)
[readers.c:893] error: Cannot file of: No such file or directory
[mpg123.c:516] error: Cannot open of: File access error. (code 22)
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ng of Whats: No such file or directory
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g of Whats: File access error. (code 22)
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[readers.c:893] error: Cannot file to: No such file or directory
[mpg123.c:516] error: Cannot open to: File access error. (code 22)
[readers.c:893] error: Cannot file Happen]: No such file or directory
[mpg123.c:516] error: Cannot open Happen]: File access error. (code 22)
[readers.c:893] error: Cannot file HWY: No such file or directory
[mpg123.c:516] error: Cannot open HWY: File access error. (code 22)
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[mpg123.c:516] error: Cannot open 74.mp3: File access error. (code 22)
2
If i remove the subprocess popen, and just print name + ext and use the counter, it prints out both file name together, and how many mp3's it processed, 2. So i know the program is doing what I want, im just converting wrong. Thanks again.
here is whats in the directory, there is more then mp3's, so I know it is filtering the files properly thanks to your splittext.
justin ~/build/convert $ dir -ls
total 12104
20 -rw-r--r-- 1 justin justin 17138 2008-05-19 17:59 00\ -\ Wretch.txt
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 justin justin 44 2008-06-01 18:20 01
7588 -rw-r--r-- 1 justin justin 7768364 2008-05-19 17:59 01\ [Beginning\ of\ What's\ About\ to\ Happen]\ HWY\ 74.mp3
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 justin justin 44 2008-06-01 18:20 02
4484 -rw-r--r-- 1 justin justin 4588063 2008-05-19 17:59 02\ Love\ Has\ Passed\ Me\ By.mp3
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