Question about song transcoding?

[bamhm182]

If you have a song that's like 96 kbps, than you convert it to 320 kbps, will it really be 320 kbps or will it still be 96 kbps, but just say that it's 320 kbps?

 

[Kesava]

lol i think i understand what you mean.

i dont think the quality will actually change.

but i might be wrong

 

[bamhm182]

What I mean is, if I have a song that's 96 kbps, and I run it through a program like ImToo, will the converted song sound any better than the 96 kbps version?

 

[apj101]

What I mean is, if I have a song that's 96 kbps, and I run it through a program like ImToo, will the converted song sound any better than the 96 kbps version?

no you cant invent data

 

[bamhm182]

Alright, didn't think so, just wanted to check, thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Serious Chatter]

Friend it will be definately of 320 kbps. You can check for the difference between the two by comparing the quality of the two songs. Try it and i am sure you will feel the difference.

 

[Cromewell]

If it was ripped from CP into a 320kbps MP3 then yes, you would most likely hear the difference but upcoding from lossy compressing doesn't magically create the data you lost while compressing it in the first place.