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Ive never really bothered with advanced MP3 settings. I just set the bit-rate and let it go off encoding. Call it lazyness. 
Bitrates for MP3's?
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When I used to use a small mp3 player I used to encode it as 64kbps and I never really noticed that much of a difference.
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64 sounds bad to me, 128 is what i norm listen to. Anything above that just sounds the same to me.
I'm using some decent logitech speakers.
I'm using some decent logitech speakers.
VBR or non-VBR won't make a difference at 320kbps. It's a simple matter of maths, not opinion.
320kbps is the maximum bitrate for an mp3. You can never have a bitrate higher than 320kbps, even with VBR. With a 320kbps VBR encoding, the entire track will encoded at 320kbps because any reduction in bitrate for even a small part of the track will result in a VBR of less than 320kbps. The file size and quality will be identical to a non-VBR econded track.
The only difference could be any extra averaging calculations performed when using VBR, though I'm sure most encoders will skip these calculations when 320kbps is selected as the bitrate.
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I've currently got two collections of music..
One set was encoded at 192kbps and the other using Apple Lossless.
Mainly because I'm streaming the lossless wirelessly to the hi fi, and using the 192 stuff for casual listening / work outs
One set was encoded at 192kbps and the other using Apple Lossless.
Mainly because I'm streaming the lossless wirelessly to the hi fi, and using the 192 stuff for casual listening / work outs
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iTunes.....end of
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itunes? how 'bout noooooo.
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Try out iTunes now. I used to hate it. Its quite good now.
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but were talking about mp3 bitrates and what the best ripper/encoder setup is, not what software you use to play it
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Never ever touched iTunes then?james.miller said:but were talking about mp3 bitrates and what the best ripper/encoder setup is, not what software you use to play it
iTunes can rip to a few formats that other encoders/rippers cant.
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what does that have to do with anything
best ripper + best encoder = EAC + LAME. sod codec support or fancy menus when playing your music, there is nothing better than EAC and lame. Unless you like using lossless which EAC does support.
EAC - best ripper.period.
best ripper + best encoder = EAC + LAME. sod codec support or fancy menus when playing your music, there is nothing better than EAC and lame. Unless you like using lossless which EAC does support.
EAC - best ripper.period.
Energize said:
I can tell the difference between 128kbps and 320kbps on even the crappiest of speakers and it sounds even worse on decent speakers. It all comes down to your ears, personally i find it hard to listen to low quality mp3s. Maybe i'm just fussy.
Another vote here for EAC and Lame, i always encode at 320kbps. It's the highest quality and when storage space is so cheap why choose anything else?
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Energize said:
I'm using Easy CD-DA Extractor that encodes to a number of formats including Ogg (as well as transcoding). It's about $25-30 though, can be paid with Paypal as well.
I'm sure there's a few freeware apps out there though.
It's actually $34.95.
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Observe:
james.miller said:
Talking about other rippers & encoders.BoomAM said:
In. Your. Opinion.james.miller said:
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itunes is not a serious ripper. I wouldnt recommend that anymore than i would winamp.BoomAM said:
In. Your. Opinion.
An opinon based in fact and shared by many others, BoomAM. look it up.
puppy, in EAC navigate compression options menu >> 'external compression' tab . Where it says 'aditional command line options' copy this in:
try that
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