Re: best audio format for ripping in Winamp
- From: "Stephen Clower" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:25:17 -0500
Joshua,
While I haven't used m4a very much, I must say that Ogg is by far more=
superior than mp3. Ripping a CD at 128 or 160 KBPS in Ogg would yield=
about the same quality as 256 or 320 KBPS when using the Lame MP3 encoder.
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On 6/20/2004 at 6:53 PM Joshua Loya wrote:
>Greetings,
> I'm trying to find the best audio format, as far as audio quality is
>concerned. Right now I have most of my library ripped as .m4a at 128 bit.
>If I rip at the maximum bit rate(350), how would it compare with mp3 at
>128 as far as file size is concerned? I'm not worried about being able to
>transfer the files into a portable player; I just burn mix CDs from
>playlists most of the time anyway. Plus, I picked up an mp3 CD burning
>plug-in from the Winamp web site that I'll probably use for burning mp3
>CDs. Any suggestions are welcome. Also, even though Winamp doesn't
>directly support it, I'd be open to ripping things into .OG, but I do have
>a few friends who use ITunes a lot (light dependent folks, and I don't
>think .OG is supported by ITunes... so I think I'll stick with .m4a,
>unless .OG is exceptionally better in audio quality from .m4a.
>Thanks,
>Joshua
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