Problem with bouncing to MP3

[Squire]

Hi, I was hoping someone could help me. Im currently running protools 8.0.5 (Mbox 2mini, 64bit Windows 7) and everthing is working fine except when I go to bouce to MP3. When attempting to do so a, message appears saying "The MP3 option cannot be enabled because: Module initialization failed for MP3.dll. The MP3 demo period may have expired."

Could anyone give me some pointers on how to rectify this problem

Thanks,
Squire.

[PD-John]

The MP3 bounce option only became a free feature from Pro Tools 9. Bounce it out as a Wave file then use a converter program to get it to MP3.

[Squire]

Thanks PD-John.
That is what id normally do, however i record and edit a lot of podcasts that are a good hour and a half long. So far i cant find a convertor that can deal with such a large file.
Any you would recomend?

[Huilop]

I use switch or reaper. Very fast, very efficient.

[albee1952]

Audacity should handle that. Or Wavelab Essentials.

[PD-John]

Originally Posted by Squire

Thanks PD-John.
That is what id normally do, however i record and edit a lot of podcasts that are a good hour and a half long. So far i cant find a convertor that can deal with such a large file.
Any you would recomend?

I also use Switch - have you tried Switch with your podcasts? I haven't tried it on anything particularly huge (mostly songs) so I'd be interested to know if it handles it.