On 22/11/2002 23:09, "Tom Meade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wouldn't be too sure you can re-convert an MP3 to a full AIFF (CD quality)
> file once it's
> been compressed, without degradation. I am under the impression that all MP3
> files,
> no matter how well-encoded, have discarded some of the information that was
> stored in the original, uncompressed signal. That's why mp3 is known as a
> "lossy" codec, unlike
> some
> truly restorable compression schemes such as .zip. Moral - if quality of
> subsequent
> file expansions to CD are important to you, you will have to plan your storage
> capacity
> accordingly. Your gigabytes of mp3's would have to be based upon ten times
> that space
> for their AIFF originals. As to whether an iTunes compression delivers from
> the same loss I
> don't know for sure.
> Tom
>
I've done AIFFs from .zips and .mp3s. All I can say that the results are
close enough for government work.
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Greg Burkman
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