---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: iTunes shuffle question Date: Dienstag, 8. September 2009N From: Kris Tilford <[email protected]> To: [email protected]
> On Sep 8, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote: > > I don't want my directories to be messed with. Some ancient mp3 > > files have > > horribly wrong metadata, and I don't want them to be all over the > > place. > > You can change the metadata formats within iTunes. You highlight the > track, tracks, or even entire Library; then Ctl-click (right click) > the track(s) and use the "Convert ID3 tags...". Thanks for the hint, but I don't use iTunes... Because of that I won't say any more about iTunes, I'm really not an expert, had only a glimps or two... > > I never ever bought a DRM'ed song, in a lossy compressed audio file > > for the > > price I could get it on CD (with all the songs from an album or > > compilation, > > of course). > > Then where are the "ancient mp3 files with horribly wrong metadata" > coming from? Youthful folly? I don't know, I just started converting some CDs and stuff that I don't even have at hand anymore years ago. At first I didn't even have CDDB access, so there is the reason for this metadata mess. Maybe I should delete all of it and start over... > Studies confirmed that young people today have listened to so much > lossy mp3 that it has become the listening "norm". When asked to > choose which "sounds better", they invariably say an mp3 track sounds > "better" than a lossless flac track. This means that subjectively, > your "taste is different". Never heard of that. I read a study of the german c't magazine that had experts test-hearing CD tracks (lossless) and MP3 tracks with 320kbps down to 128kbps. The result: for Pop music and Rock&Roll and all thelike it doesn't matter really. Even people with very very good ears cannot hear any difference. Only Classic music was worse with MP3. > I think the best argument in favor of mp3 is that it's "not that bad" > considering it's such a small file in comparison to lossless formats. MP3 was the first lossy compression for music. It is old. Why not use MP3Pro? Yeah, because your disc player in the car cannot play MP3Pro, right? I use Ogg Vorbis. My disc player in the car, my iPod Nano with MusicBox and iPodLinux can play Ogg. Ogg Vorbis can be compared to MP3Pro. It has a better performance than MP3, one that is worth the switch to Ogg. One other advantage of Ogg Vorbis is that it is royalty free and free of patents and licenses. It's license is actually BSD like (use it any way you like, even in closed source programs). > In my car, which has a disc player that plays mp3 format, I can > squeeze 10 albums on a single 700MB CD. It's sure nice having only one > or two CDs in the car rather than 20 or 30. No need to splice my > iPhone into the car now, at least not for audio playback. Right, I use a USB drive for that. It has 4 GB, that is space for weeks of listening experience - all in Ogg Vorbis, of course. (Except for some older songs that are still MP3, but I hate that. The metadata is also horrible. If only I had the time and the will...) Cheers, Andreas. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
