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From: Greg Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Use mp3 to archive audio CDs
> On 22 Nov 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote:
>
> > What's lossless compression?
>
> When decompressed the result of lossless compression is bit-for-bit
> identical to the orignal.
>
> > The reason I'm chosing mp3 is that I can squese on average 5 audio CDs
> > into one data CD with 320 Kbps mp3s. This saves me media costs
> > (opposed to making backup audio copies), burning time, and shelf
> > space. Also, the backup copies are very easily avalable.
>
> DDS3 tape is a bit cheaper per MB. :)
>
> > Can the program you mention perform comparably? Well, my question was:
> > just how much quality do I lose at 320 Kbps.
>
> The quality you lose depends on your defination of quality, your
> listeners, and you audio source. Shorten would take up twice the space
> roughly.
>
> If you don't care if it's absolutly identical to the orignal, then 320Kb/s
> should be fine. With some pieces, with some listeners, in some conditions,
> there will be a measurable difference. But I seriously doubt that you
> could say that it lessened the quality of the expirence.
>
> Does anyone have any comments on the quality of remp3ing audio at a lower
> bitrate vs coming off the orignal.
>
>
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where can i get shorten?
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