My thoughts exactly. And even when the file is 320kbps AAC I can't personally see why anyone would transcode it to 128kbps MP3. Storage sizes today make this kind of file size reduction meaningless for audio. -- Owen Smith <[email protected]> Cambridge, UK
On 15 Jun 2014, at 02:49, Christopher Woods <[email protected]> wrote: > But -- aren't the R4X programmes AAC 128kbps, which is subjectively higher > quality than a 128kbps MP3 to begin with? Transcoding would just lose audible > quality for no filesize advantage... > > On 12 June 2014 09:02:43 "Chris Marriott" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If it's a voice programme, rather than music, a useful option is the >> "aactomp3" flag, which will transcode at 128kbps, no matter what the >> original is. I use this very successfully for all the drama programmes I >> record from Radio 4 Extra. Of course, for music, you may wish to retain the >> 320kbps for the higher quality. >> >> Chris _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
