Re: best audio format for ripping in Winamp
- From: Reg Webb <reg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:40:37 +0100
Hi Joshua
I think .m4a sounds very good. I think that 128 bit files sound at
least as good as Mp3 at the same bit rate so, if you're happy with 128
bit Mp3, you shouldn't have to go for bigger file sizes in .m4a,
although you can always experiment of course, and you might not agree
with me about sound quality, which is always a subjective business.. I
usually rip in M4A or Mp4 at 160 bit, and I've been happy with the
results so far, although I haven't done any orchestral or chamber music,
where A/B comparison of the low level content, and the stereo image
becomes more critical.
Good luck
Reg
In message <006a01c45721$d9fbed80$29f94b45@laptop1>, Joshua Loya
<jloya@xxxxxxxxxx> writes
>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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