[bookport] Re: Distorted Audio
- From: "Neal Ewers" <ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 09:28:58 -0500
As a follow-up. I have gotten a number of audible.com books whose
quality, at level 4 or the highest recording quality have not been all
that great. Some of them are recorded off of cassette tape. So, if
there is a lot of decode/reencoding that needs to happen, that would
seem to make the quality only worse. I'm not sure how often I would
use this feature, especially as only a few of the books have been
distorted and none of them have been so distorted that I had
difficulty listening to them.
Neal
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ROB MEREDITH
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:19 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Distorted Audio
That's fine, but we would have to decode/reencode the file, slightly
degrading quality. I see this more as a spoken word thing, but we can
do it if people want it.
Rob Meredith
>>> granthardy@xxxxxxxxx 05/17/05 09:46PM >>>
It's mostly my music that's distorted, therefore I'd want this check
box for music too, smile.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Neal Ewers
Sent: May 17, 2005 9:47 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
Subject: [bookport] Re: Distorted Audio
I agree with Don here. I have many ways to play audio and I don't
need the book port to be a perfect audiophile device. However, I know
that others may want to use it for their best quality audio. So,
having a choice of normalizing or not seems like a good idea. Neal
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barrett, Don
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 11:38 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
Subject: [bookport] Re: Distorted Audio
Make it an option for those4 who want it; that will give the best of
=3D3D both worlds.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of James Jolley
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 11:52 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
Subject: [bookport] Re: Distorted Audio
Hi,
Just an idea, but what do you think of the idea of including your =3D3D
normalise=3D3D20 routines from the studio recorder applications? Just an
idea to =3D3D consider.
Best
-James-
----- Original Message -----=3D3D20
From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:30 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Distorted Audio
> Grant:
>
> Its not terribly convenient; I thought maybe you had a favorite
audio=3D20
> editor. In short, you need to find an audio editor, learn to use its
> Normalize function, decode everything you are going to send,
normalize=3D20
> it, reencode to MP3 and send. I probably wouldn't worry about it.
>
> Rob Meredith
>
>>>> granthardy@xxxxxxxxx 05/17/05 12:05AM >>>
> How do I do this?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ROB MEREDITH
> Sent: May 16, 2005 5:22 AM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Distorted Audio
>
>
> This is probably because files on the Book Port can clip at -2 dB.
Use=3D20
> an audio editor to normalize to -2 dB if you wish before sending
to=3D20
> the Book Port.
>
> Rob Meredith
>
>>>> granthardy@xxxxxxxxx 05/15/05 04:12PM >>>
> Hello,
> I've noticed that lots of my audio files on the Book Port play
very=3D20
> distortedly, with two different sets of headphones that I have.
But,=3D20
> on the PC, they are not distorted. Any tips? It is getting
rather=3D20
> annoying.
>
> Grant
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>=3D3D20
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