diff --git a/headphones/__init__.py b/headphones/__init__.py
index dadff537..ed642a8c 100644
--- a/headphones/__init__.py
+++ b/headphones/__init__.py
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ MEDIA_FORMATS = ["mp3", "flac", "aac", "ogg", "ape", "m4a"]
 INTERFACE = None
 FOLDER_PERMISSIONS = None
 
+ENCODE = None
+ENCODERFOLDER = None
+ENCODER = None
+BITRATE = None
+SAMPLINGFREQUENCY = None
+
 def CheckSection(sec):
     """ Check if INI section exists, if not create it """
     try:
@@ -166,7 +172,8 @@ def initialize():
                 ADD_ALBUM_ART, EMBED_ALBUM_ART, DOWNLOAD_DIR, BLACKHOLE, BLACKHOLE_DIR, USENET_RETENTION, NZB_SEARCH_INTERVAL, \
                 LIBRARYSCAN_INTERVAL, DOWNLOAD_SCAN_INTERVAL, SAB_HOST, SAB_USERNAME, SAB_PASSWORD, SAB_APIKEY, SAB_CATEGORY, \
                 NZBMATRIX, NZBMATRIX_USERNAME, NZBMATRIX_APIKEY, NEWZNAB, NEWZNAB_HOST, NEWZNAB_APIKEY, \
-                NZBSORG, NZBSORG_UID, NZBSORG_HASH, NEWZBIN, NEWZBIN_UID, NEWZBIN_PASSWORD, LASTFM_USERNAME, INTERFACE, FOLDER_PERMISSIONS
+                NZBSORG, NZBSORG_UID, NZBSORG_HASH, NEWZBIN, NEWZBIN_UID, NEWZBIN_PASSWORD, LASTFM_USERNAME, INTERFACE, FOLDER_PERMISSIONS, \
+				ENCODERFOLDER, ENCODER, BITRATE, SAMPLINGFREQUENCY, ENCODE
                 
         if __INITIALIZED__:
             return False
@@ -246,7 +253,15 @@ def initialize():
         
         INTERFACE = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'interface', 'default')
         FOLDER_PERMISSIONS = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'folder_permissions', '0755')
-    
+		
+        ENCODERFOLDER = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'encoderfolder', '')        
+        ENCODER = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'encoder', 'ffmpeg')
+        BITRATE = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'bitrate', '128')
+        SAMPLINGFREQUENCY= check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'samplingfrequency', '44100')
+        ENCODE = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'encode', 'false')
+		
+		
+		
         if not LOG_DIR:
             LOG_DIR = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'logs')
         
@@ -415,7 +430,13 @@ def config_write():
     new_config['General']['lastfm_username'] = LASTFM_USERNAME
     new_config['General']['interface'] = INTERFACE
     new_config['General']['folder_permissions'] = FOLDER_PERMISSIONS
-    
+
+    new_config['General']['encode'] = ENCODE	
+    new_config['General']['encoder'] = ENCODER
+    new_config['General']['bitrate'] = BITRATE
+    new_config['General']['samplingfrequency'] = SAMPLINGFREQUENCY
+    new_config['General']['encoderfolder'] = ENCODERFOLDER
+	
     new_config.write()
 
     
diff --git a/headphones/encode.py b/headphones/encode.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a07a9aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headphones/encode.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import os
+import headphones
+import argparse
+import shutil
+import time
+
+from subprocess import call
+
+def encode(albumPath):
+
+	tempDirEncode=os.path.join(albumPath,"temp")
+	musicFiles=[]
+	musicTempFiles=[]
+	encoder =""
+	if not os.path.exists(tempDirEncode):		
+		os.mkdir(tempDirEncode)
+	else:
+		shutil.rmtree(tempDirEncode)
+		time.sleep(1)
+		os.mkdir(tempDirEncode)
+		
+	for r,d,f in os.walk(albumPath):
+		for music in f:
+			if any(music.endswith('.' + x) for x in headphones.MEDIA_FORMATS):
+				musicFiles.append(os.path.join(r, music))
+				musicTempFiles.append(os.path.join(tempDirEncode, music))
+	
+	if headphones.ENCODER=='lame':
+		encoder=os.path.join(headphones.ENCODERFOLDER,'lame')
+	else:
+		encoder=os.path.join(headphones.ENCODERFOLDER,'ffmpeg')
+	i=0
+	for music in musicFiles:
+		return_code=1
+		if headphones.ENCODER == 'lame':			
+			cmd=encoder+' -h --resample ' + headphones.SAMPLINGFREQUENCY + ' -b ' + headphones.BITRATE
+			cmd=cmd+' "'+os.path.join(music)+'"'
+			cmd=cmd+' "'+os.path.join(musicTempFiles[i])+'"'
+			return_code = call(cmd, shell=True)
+			if return_code==0:
+				os.remove(music)
+				os.rename(musicTempFiles[i],music)
+			i=i+1	
+		else:			
+			cmd=encoder+' -i'
+			cmd=cmd+' "'+os.path.join(music)+'"'
+			cmd=cmd+' -ac 2 -vn -ar ' + headphones.SAMPLINGFREQUENCY + ' -ab ' + headphones.BITRATE +'k'
+			cmd=cmd+' "'+os.path.join(musicTempFiles[i])+'"'
+			return_code = call(cmd, shell=True)
+			print return_code
+			if return_code==0:
+				os.remove(music)
+				os.rename(musicTempFiles[i],music)
+			i=i+1
+			
+	shutil.rmtree(tempDirEncode)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/headphones/postprocessor.py b/headphones/postprocessor.py
index 2efb6942..ec4d7e6f 100644
--- a/headphones/postprocessor.py
+++ b/headphones/postprocessor.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import time
-
+import encode
 import urllib, shutil, re
-
 import lib.beets as beets
 from lib.beets import autotag
 from lib.beets.mediafile import MediaFile
@@ -198,7 +197,10 @@ def verify(albumid, albumpath):
 def doPostProcessing(albumid, albumpath, release, tracks, downloaded_track_list):
 
 	logger.info('Starting post-processing for: %s - %s' % (release['ArtistName'], release['AlbumTitle']))
-
+	#start enconding
+	if headphones.ENCODE=='1':
+		encode.encode(albumpath)
+	
 	if headphones.EMBED_ALBUM_ART or headphones.ADD_ALBUM_ART:
 	
 		album_art_path = albumart.getAlbumArt(albumid)