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[OT]Serious question about music conversion...




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TwinSkies



Joined: 03 Apr 2006
Posts: 49
Location: Philippines
PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2006 9:25 pm Reply with quote
I've just recently aqcuired a portable MP3 player, and since it I'm trying to get the most out of it, I find myself reformatting most of my old music files into more compact sets for easy transport.

Here are the conversion parameters I can tweak, and their current settings:

Sampling Frequency: 44 100 kHZ
Bit Rate: 96 Kbit

Here's my question:
Can anybody recommend better settings? the 96 kbit seems ok, but the music's coming out pretty hollow. What settings would you guys recommend as a compromise between memory space and sound quality, leaning a bit more into quality?

Thank You.

[EDIT: Added the "off-topic" label, since your thread doesn't even talk about anything anime-related. -TK]
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Superflyz



Joined: 10 Aug 2002
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Location: Long Beach, CA
PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2006 12:29 am Reply with quote
128kbit is the default choice for most MP3 player users, though I'm a 192/320kbit kind of guy.
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Southcross



Joined: 06 May 2006
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Location: Denver
PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2006 10:56 am Reply with quote
Superflyz wrote:
128kbit is the default choice for most MP3 player users, though I'm a 192/320kbit kind of guy.
variable bitrate 192/320 here... reasonable sized files and excelent sound clairity, rarely do I notice clipping even when played on my Technics stereo
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Iron Chef



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 2:27 am Reply with quote
If your player supports MP3pro, I'd go that route. File sizes are dramatically smaller without much loss in quality. (A 320kbps album compresses from 150MB to about 40.)
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