On Nov 14, 2004, at 2:42 PM, Cody Tubbs (wISPdirect) wrote:
quoted 6 lines You should ask the artists to encode them to FLAC rather than> You should ask the artists to encode them to FLAC rather than
> MP3, then let the end user encode them how they like. FLAC is a
> lossless format, like WAV, but it's about 4 to 5x larger than an MP3
> file. WAV is more like 8 to 9x larger than MP3. MP3 sucks, I can't
> believe it ever got standardized. A 56kbps ogg encoded track has
> better quality than a 128kbps mp3.
mp3 got standardized over 10 years ago. Ogg is much more recent, thus
the increased compression capabilities. Mp3 is actually quite good
considering its age.
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