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Sun, 14 Nov 2004 21:37:27 -0600
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Re: [idm] Intelligent Toys 2. Conversion of .mpga to .mp3?
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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. -- Mr. Tangent [the binary police] www.mrtangent.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org