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> Aiwa has a portable solid-state MP3 recorder that will record in MP3
> format at 44.1khz stereo (see
> http://www.aiwa.co.jp/english/exhibi/new_p2000/mm-fx500.html). It
Interesting.
However, it doesn't offer scalable bitrates, and somehow copy protects all
mp3's created with it. What use then is the analog recording feature?
Recording through the mic is limited to 16kHz 16kbps which is okay for
personal lecture recording and the like, but not much else.
> "David Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Minidisc recorders efficiently compress high quality audio using a
hardware
> > ATRAC encoder, so they consume relatively little power.
> >
> > Is there any similar chip based encoder for MP3? As far as I know, those
mp3
> > players that offer 'voice recording' don't encode their recordings in
mp3
> > format. MP3 compression offers one major advantage over ATRAC - scalable
> > bitrates and sampling rates, but it seems to be a fairly CPU intensive
> > process.
>
> Aiwa has a portable solid-state MP3 recorder that will record in MP3
> format at 44.1khz stereo (see
> http://www.aiwa.co.jp/english/exhibi/new_p2000/mm-fx500.html). It
> offers 10 hour playback and 3.5 hour recording times. This seems
> roughly on par with MD playback/recording ratios. My understanding is
> that MP3 compression is on the same order of complexity as ATRAC.
>
> Rick
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