smc1978

Which Codec do you use?

Howard2k

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I use AAC.

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smc1978

I'm using WMA 96kbps 44hrz , They sound fine, Not as bright as mp3 but still half the size.

what and why are you using what your using?

smc1978

Frenchy

I didn't get around an use something else than MP3. Is the file size and playback very different with WMA. ACC or other.

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smc1978

Like I said above, I find the quality of WMA fine, I reduced a load of mp3s (10 gigs worth) to about 5.5Gig .. and they dont sound bad (through headphones, or speakers) not much of this underwater sounding business.

Howard2k

As a rule you should never re-encode from one lossy format to another lossy format. It's like making a photocopy of a photocopy. Every time you do it, it gets worse.

WMA is generally accepted to be better than MP3, especially at lower bit rates. With AAC and OGG scoring the best on independent tests that I've seen.

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smc1978

Did Aximsite go down , or was it me?

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I felt it too.

I use MP3's for music, no particular reason other than MusicMacth Jukebox defaults to it. 128 bitrate fits my listening needs.

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smc1978

Its WMA & MP3 , neck and neck with 2 votes each !

In order to store a decent amount of mp3's do you guys have microdrives?

rob1303

I use OGG for my desktop/ media server and PDA. I encode at 300kps for my desktop and 80-96kps for my PDA.

Howard2k

Originally Posted by smc1978

Its WMA & MP3 , neck and neck with 2 votes each ! In order to store a decent amount of mp3's do you guys have microdrives?

Yep - 20GB inside my Ipod :)

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smc1978

Ipod and an Ipaq, now your just showing off ! :)

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Howard2k

I know.. Sorry :)

FWIW I'd trade the Ipaq for an X50v if someone was offering ;)

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smc1978

Ipaq, Ipod + 1 Million Dollars .. :) for my X50v ..

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Outfox

I like different standards for different things. WMA, in my opinion, has a superior compression schema, allowing it to get better quality at lower rates. However, it's also proprietary to Microsoft meaning that developers have to promise to give Bill Gates their firstborn children in order to use it in their programs (ever notice that practically no third party developers have the decoder for WMA built in?). So I mostly use MP3 because of its ubiquity.

I've heard some really good things about OGG, but unfortunately my CD/MP3 player doesn't support it, so I'm stuck in MP3 land.

Outfox.