Originally posted by Lovro
448kbit mp3's (MPEG1 layer 3)?![]()
I thought the highest possible was 320.
I noticed it was slower but I thought that had to do with the fact that I am not able to use my fav MP3 ripper anymore by Xing.Originally posted by Lovro
Yes, KaeptnOvi, it's full name being Ogg Vorbis. It appears to achieve better quality than mp3 at the same bitrate, but the encoding is much, much slower.
I noticed it was slower but I thought that had to do with the fact that I am not able to use my fav MP3 ripper anymore by Xing.
Yeah, Audiocatalyst. I am now using a free ware ripper that rips to OGGs, which I like better.Originally posted by starlifter
Are you talking about Audiocatalyst? If so, Audiograbber is the one behind it. You might try them. I just use whatever DLLs (like BladeEnc, whatever) to do the decoding/coding. They are easy to add, too.![]()
Originally posted by IceBlaZe
448Kbit for me only, if it's up to me. If not, I download the highest possible.
$20 headphones will do...Originally posted by Lostman
I don't own 6 million dollar speakers, so I can't tell much of a difference.
Originally posted by Lostman
Not to sound like an ass, but why would you bother to convert them to MP3 format at such a high bit rate? Why not just keep them in .wav format? Your not gaining any edge in file size so why not just keep it in it's native format?
Anyway, I'm a musician and do some home recording, so I encode any of my own stuff at 320, but my 2000+ mp3 collection is at 128. I don't own 6 million dollar speakers, so I can't tell much of a difference. And if there is one, I accept it because of the space I'm saving.