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digital audio format wars which is best?

29 durable postsStarted 2004-09-26Latest 2004-09-30
#4706Post 1 of 29

atrac, mp3, wma? whats the best format to use when converting cd audio tracks to one of these compressed forms :?:

#265819Post 2 of 29

wma or wav

#265988Post 3 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

The best lossey way is probably VBR MP3 encoded in Lame using --alt-preset standard.

#266005Post 4 of 29

ogg vorbis

#266006Post 5 of 29

wav

#266194Post 6 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

[quote=trite";p="55281]The best lossey way is probably VBR MP3 encoded in Lame using --alt-preset standard.[/quote]

Your right. I think the same.

#266296Post 7 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

PCM :RockOn:

#266319Post 8 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

.rm :RockOn:

#266322Post 9 of 29

rm? are you serious?

no stella for you. hesh.

#266722Post 10 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

I use 192 kbps AAC for ripping CDs to my iPod. It's my perfect balance between good filesizes and sound quality. Keep in mind that AAC in not widely supported yet by many players.

#266764Post 11 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

[quote=trite";p="55281]The best lossey way is probably VBR MP3 encoded in Lame using --alt-preset standard.[/quote]

Definelty the best when it comes to MP3s.

Although [b]the[/b] best audio format is without a doubt, FLAC.

All the quality of WAV, but smaller files. Albeit slightly smaller file, but smaller none the less.

Every CD I buy goes straight into my drive, is ripped by EAC and encoded into FLAC compression level 8. The CD is put but into its case, filed into my CD rack and forgotten about. May sound strange but I am [b]compusive[/b] about my CDs getting scratched. This way they don't have a chance to and I can listen to them in all their lossless glory.

#266767Post 12 of 29

The true is that all those kind of formats are pure shit anyway .wav is the best.

#266770Post 13 of 29

[quote=master of puppets";p="56164]The true is that all those kind of formats are pure shit anyway .wav is the best.[/quote]

A FLAC file is basically a 1:1 compressed WAV. There is no information lost and it is smaller. What is "pure shit" about that???

#266772Post 14 of 29

[quote=demonAfro";p="55299] ogg vorbis [/quote]

Werd.

--djway

#266800Post 15 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

my two preferred formats

lossy : lame encoded mp3 using --alt-preset extreme

lossless : flac

#266842Post 16 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

[url=http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/]Ogg Vorbis.. [/url]

Better sound quality than MP3 on lower bitrates, smaller files, written with streaming in mind, and getting more and more support. Even won a few listening tests.

#266957Post 17 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

FLAC or SHN

#266963Post 18 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

Mp3 is the best. :CrackUp: :CrackUp:

#267153Post 19 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

use only for listening to music @ home: mp3 is enough! :Bingo:

#267165Post 20 of 29

FLAC

#267178Post 21 of 29

Wav is the best

#267271Post 22 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

[quote=Simon Preston";p="55639]PCM :RockOn:[/quote]

nerd!

BTW that would be g.711

#267273Post 23 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

[quote=gr8pumpkin";p="56114]I use 192 kbps AAC for ripping CDs to my iPod. It's my perfect balance between good filesizes and sound quality. Keep in mind that AAC in not widely supported yet by many players.[/quote]

Why hasn't anyone else realized how great aac is? (aac+ is better) I've seen some very impressive uses for aac/aac+, especially in the streaming audio category. :D Like you said, too bad there aren't many players out there for it.

#267300Post 24 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

So whats the deal, can any of these formats be played in my car? Its an Alpine...it plays mp3's & wma's .... anyone recommend something?

#268092Post 25 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

If you have enough free space on your hard disk WAV format is the best, you can get an exactly copy of any CD.

If the free space on your HD is the problem, MP3 format with 192kbp is the right choice, of course with a good encoder!

#268099Post 26 of 29

how do you encode a flac file? and does it work with winamp?

#268108Post 27 of 29

[quote=ZenDel";p="57717]how do you encode a flac file?[/quote]

Download the FLAC Frontend [url=http://cyberial.com/flacinstaller.asp]here[/url], rip the CD into WAV, drag and drop the WAVs into the frontend, choose a destination folder and hit encode (level 8 is the highest compression level but unlike MP3 the only sacrifice in encoding level is size). Its pretty much just like using any other audio encoding frontend...standard stuff, nothing major. If you're really savvy you can integrate it into Exact Audio Copy and automate the process down to 1 click.

[quote=ZenDel";p="57717]...and does it work with winamp?[/quote]

Yes, there is plugin available on the Winamp website.

#268153Post 28 of 29

MP3 for being widespread and used .ogg technically good and even better compression .wma - it's a Microsoft format, so I don't trust it FLAC not bad either - but not widely used

Just my experience on the matter...

#268156Post 29 of 29

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

the best format MP3,WMA :RockOn:

      :mrgreen:

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