What format do you use for music?

Originally posted by segadc
I rather loose some memory then quality... I have a 512MB SD card I use so perhaps I should switch to mp3??

can you really tell the difference between 128kbps MP3s (1 minute per megabyte) and 64kbps wmas (two minutes per megabyte)? I've only ever noticed it in one of my music files.

I honestly think most of the difference between the various bitrates is psychological.

...and I don't use crappy headphones. in fact, it was only on my headphones that I was able to notice the defect in that one wma file (which may simply need to be re-converted). can't tell over my speakers.

i'm sure there's a difference between 64kbps wmas and 192kbps MP3s on a great sound system, but IMO the only major issue is compatibility with winamp, etc. I reckon I'll make good use of that converter, though the resulting OGG files better be real close to the 2min/MB compression I get with wma. once you get used to all that extra memory, it's hard to go back.


and while we're on the subject of music format quality, I recall a post I saw some time ago that was very detailed and informative... it's only tangentially related to this thread, but I think it deserves some more exposure. Check out Mike Walker's post on this page.

[agent_smith]

Use ne decent headphones you will notice the difference in 192 mp3 and 64 wma. wmas are horrible in my opinion, they have really bad bass. MP3 and vorbis are the only way to go. 160 vorbis can't be beat in my opinion.

[biggs_dl]

Me sticks with ogg, too. At the same bitrate ogg will overcome wma everytime in quality, and that's all what matters.

I hate to hear the music sounding like its being played in a can...

I want cd quality sound...but in the smallest form possible...or atleast without the can sound...

[Magicmonger]

Currently I use mp3 format with at least 128kps bit rate...

[pitbullmanus]

Buy crappy headphones, they're cheaper than a decent storage card. Then it won't matter what bitrate or format you use.

:crooked:

i use .ogg at 96kbs. it's really good i used to use mp3 but ogg is better... and it doesnt take up so much space as mp3...

[MrKlaatu]

Originally posted by segadc
What format do you use for music??

Confucius say; 'Run water in sink, eat Rice Krispies, vinyl gooooood!'

Originally posted by MrKlaatu


Confucius say; 'Run water in sink, eat Rice Krispies, vinyl gooooood!'

lost me there... :p :rolling:

[buzzby]

i have just started getting back into playing music outside of my house and even tho wma is supposed to be the same quality at half the bitrate you can't incode it or change it without a program that you have to pay for.

Now i know some of you will go so what its only £20 or something but when you look at audiograbber. (search google first page) this is now a free cd ripper that outputs amazing quality mp3's. Have them high quality on your computer and then down the quality to 92 to but on an mp3 player or the axim.

IMHO the axim cannot handle high quality music.
I have no experience with the OGG format and I thing that is due to its limited support.

So go for mp3 at 92kps for the axim it might not be amazing but at least its free.

Buzz

I find 128 .wma is better than 128 mp3, as others have found. I encode all of my music as wma as it's smaller file size is better for carry on my 256SD card.

I still use WMP for listening to tunes on my Ax. There is an alpha .wma add-on available now for PocketMVP. It works Ok, but doesn't sound as good as WMP...yet. Maybe once it get's a few updates...

Chris...

[outlaw2_0]

...I use OGG and WMA... Currently converting all my music to ogg though. I mostly use my nike phillips jogging MP3 player right now though because of my mother f****** SanDisk 512MB card. i swear im gonna kill someone if it doesnt start working..

I know this is an OLD thread i was just searching and decided to maybe bring it back for a lil bit?