loosless Vs mp3's

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staf

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hi guys

just a quick question. i ripped some cds to put on my iphone, so ITunes asked me what type of file i would like my cds to be ripped. it gave me 5 options . AAC encoder, AIFF encoder Apple Loosless encoder Mp3 encoder and WAV encoder

now, i chose loosless as apparently it will make a better sounding song.but now i would rather more songs than better quality. so 5.7 GB turned out to be 201 songs after chossing the loosless format
. so if i chose another one say mp3, will i get more songs for 5.7GB?

what format will give me the most songs?

thanks

staf
 
The lossy .mp3 format would give you more songs than the .aiff lossless.

If you go with 128Kbs, then you'll have near-CD-quality music with less storage overhead, though you may have some artifacting with certain songs (it is lossy).

If you go 192Kbs, then you will CD-quality music, still a possibility of artifacts, and the files will be a little larger.

Frankly, if you are using cheap ear-buds, then you likely won't hear a difference.
 
The only way you can get 320Kbs in an .mp3 format is using variable bit rate.

Personally, I don't like VBR, though some swear by it.
 
Depends heavily on what type of music you listen to. Simple audio doesnt need high bitrates to sound great. More complicated music like heavy metal needs higher bitrates to sound good. If just voice then 64 kbps will probably sound great. If its anything more sophisticated then voice only or very very basic music then I would go with CBR 320 kbps mp3. Mp3 because its the most widely compatible format, 320 kbps because its the highest bitrate for mp3, and CBR (constant bitrate) to keep the bitrate locked at 320 kbps.

I analyzed the wave patterns of different bitrates like a year ago and found that the wave pattern between mp3 CBR 192, 256, and 320 was almost identical, but lower then 192 and there was an obvious difference.

I don't know how good the audio setup is on an iPhone but if its not really that great then you can probably get away with 192 kbps and have it sound as good as it possibly will.
 
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Dngrsone said:
The only way you can get 320Kbs in an .mp3 format is using variable bit rate.

Personally, I don't like VBR, though some swear by it.
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Not entirely true... I use dBpoweramp (great program, worth the cash) and I rip CD's to flac for master copies, then form there I can create 320kbps CBR MP3's that I use in iTunes.

Screenie for truth:

dbpoweramp.png
 
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Dngrsone said:
The only way you can get 320Kbs in an .mp3 format is using variable bit rate.

Personally, I don't like VBR, though some swear by it.
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Every ripping program that I have used has been able to rip at cbr 320. Maybe the Lame or Fraunhofer creators arent telling us something?

Seriously if an encoder can encode at 320 why wouldnt it be possible to keep the bitrate steady at 320?

I don't like vbr either because I just don't trust that the encoder can do a perfect job at deciding when to increase and when to decrease the bitrate.
 
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