IDM Mailing Archive

Okay i downloaded all the neccessary software from; http://home.sol.no/sskoglu/mp3/index.html If youve already got unregistered versions of the software this sit is *definately* worth a visit ;) I encoded a 10 sec 44.1 16 bit stereo wav to mpeg3 at the highest bitrate and quality settings i swear when i played it back i could hear *no* difference (i was using headphones), and to top it off it gave me 5:1 compression! I havent tried it at lower bitrates yet. Could everybody interested try it out and see if they notice any difference, this would be a great way for me (and many others) to archive songs. Oh by the way, using a P150 it took about a 40 secs to encode 10 secs of raw data. kF

quoted 6 lines Does anybody know anything, or have any experience of using

> >>Does anybody know anything, or have any experience of using > >>mpeg3 audio files? I have heard they can give you up to > >>12:1 compression ratios on 44,100 sound files. I digitally > >>record all my tracks and often produce files in excess > >>of 60 meg therefore I would be very interested in the results > >>it can give.

I forgot to say! the best bit is when you decode the mpeg3 back to a wav file, it still sounds exactly the same as the original wav. It gives 5.5:1 compression to be accurate. Im going to compress a 60 meg file, ill let you know how long it took and the results tommorrow. kF

quoted 27 lines Okay i downloaded all the neccessary software from;

> Okay i downloaded all the neccessary software from; > > http://home.sol.no/sskoglu/mp3/index.html > > If youve already got unregistered versions of the > software this sit is *definately* worth a visit ;) > > I encoded a 10 sec 44.1 16 bit stereo wav to mpeg3 > at the highest bitrate and quality settings i swear > when i played it back i could hear *no* difference > (i was using headphones), and to top it off it gave > me 5:1 compression! I havent tried it at lower > bitrates yet. Could everybody interested try it out > and see if they notice any difference, this would be > a great way for me (and many others) to archive songs. > > Oh by the way, using a P150 it took about a 40 secs > to encode 10 secs of raw data. > > kF > > > >>Does anybody know anything, or have any experience of using > > >>mpeg3 audio files? I have heard they can give you up to > > >>12:1 compression ratios on 44,100 sound files. I digitally > > >>record all my tracks and often produce files in excess > > >>of 60 meg therefore I would be very interested in the results > > >>it can give.