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.