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Yick. I used Media Player to rip MP3s and I would swear that the quality of them were vastly inferior to those ripped using CDex with the same settings.
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I'm a WMA man, at 192.
It's the setting where I struggle to tell them apart from CD's, unless I'm wearing expensive cans on my ear 'oles!
Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
why not pick a decent codec, rather than a crap one at a high bitrate - even amongst MP3 codecs, the encoder makes a huge difference
where does one obtain codecs?
I have a Nero Ultra 6.6. something retail, and it offers two MPS codecs, but I still just use WMA's for everything.
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A very good point. Before i knew any better, i.e. before i bought a Squeezebox and started using Ogg/FLAC ripped with EAC (why use anything else, it the ripper in term of acurate ripping and a crime to use anything else if you use a lossless format), the only MP3 player i had was my SE K750i - which could not handle VBR very well at all (even when they played, it brought the phone to it's knees). So i got into te CBR habit. But thats the only real reason for using CBR, compatibilty, so if that not an issue (rarely is these days) then go for VBR if you really must use MP3. Way more efficient and will sound much better at the low end of the bitrate scale.
BTW, the best site for digtal music knowledge is Hyrogen Audio. The forums are god like.
Opened up a real can'o'worms didn't I?! - thanks for all the advice opinions guys! Keep em coming...
Look at the pros and cons of both:
WMA - Better compression (smaller files) for the same quality, doesn't play on every portable device and also DRM if your settings are not correct when ripping, oh and *** cough M$ cough ***
MP3 - Slightly bigger files than WMA, lots of (free!) excellent encoders out there, plays on every mp3 portable device, No DRM at all.
For maximum compatibility I use MP3 at 192kbps in CBR mode.
192 mp3 using media player as all i use here, the music sounds spot on to me and never jumps or anything
Unless you're using audiophile using very expensive equipment, you'll struggle to hear the difference over 192kbps mp3 in most general scenarios that you'd be listing to this music.
My vote goes to mp3, purely for it's versatility, and quality/compression ratio.
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