[access-uk] Re: Sound Taxi and bit rates
- From: "Kevin Lloyd" <kevin.lloyd3@xxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 20:24:11 +0100
Hi Andy.
I don't use SoundTaxi but would advise you not to choose a higher bit rate
than the bit rate you're converting from. Once a track has been ripped at
192kbps, converting it to a higher bit rate will only make the file size
larger, it won't improve the quality at all.
It really depends on how much you value sound quality with conversions from
one format to another, it's not really advised. If you consider that WMA
uses an algorithm to calculate what it believes can be thrown away to make a
smaller file, and, MP3 uses a similar but different algorithm, you end up
with a loss in quality because you've thrown away some of the sound that the
first rip in WMA believed was necessary.
A track with variable bit rate of 140kbps is not going to sound as good as
the same track ripped at 192kbps.
Personally, for listening to music through my hi-fi system, I have my
collection ripped in a lossless format so no music quality is lost. Files
are large but hard drives are cheap and quieter now so no worries there.
For portable use I rip everything into MP3 format with a variable bit rate
between a minimum of 128kbps and 320kbps. Most tracks come out around the
256kbps mark so that sort of tells you what the algorithm thinks it needs
for high quality MP3.
Regards.
Kevin Lloyd
E-mail: kevin.lloyd3@xxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 6:15 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Sound Taxi and bit rates
Hi all -
I've now got Sound Taxi, and Windows Media Player properly installed
hurrah!
but I can't see how to select a bit rate when converting from WMA to MP3
with Sound Taxi. The WMA file is 192kbps, and it converts to 140 variable
bit, joint stereo in Sound Taxi. Firstly, I don't really know what
variable
bit rate is comparable in quality to 192, but also, can these settings be
changed in Sound taxi to produce a 192 or higher mp3 file?
Thanks -
Andy
** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:-
** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe]
** If this link doesn't work then send a message to:
** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
** and in the Subject line type
** unsubscribe
** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the
** immediately-following link:-
** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq]
** or send a message, to
** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:-
** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe]
** If this link doesn't work then send a message to:
** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
** and in the Subject line type
** unsubscribe
** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the
** immediately-following link:-
** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq]
** or send a message, to
** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
Other related posts:
