--- Kevin Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This page will take you to recommended Lame settings. > > http://audiofora.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=faq&action=display&num=1004134851
Thanks for the link Kevin. I found URLs to useful looking info from Mitiok and Dibrom there, both of which are new to me. > Perhaps I misunderstood what you were saying, I�d like to shrink the size of some existing 192K MP3s without sacraficing a high percentage of quality to make a bit more room on a few portable MP3 players I�ve been comparing. > but I wouldn't think > that re-encoding an mp3 to a lower bitrate would be such a good idea. > I believe in the process one would lose more than just the fidelity > from going to the lower bitrate. I think artifact would be introduced. Indeed. But I�m trying to get some feedback from anyone who�s tried this, and can relate his/her (hir/hes ;-P) findings for comparison. Comments have been made about re-encoding multiple times. I�m guessing that the rate of artifacts added doing this will probably increase at a greater rate than the linear increase in the number of re-encoding procedures. That�s nothing I�d be attempting. >From what I�m able to detect, there doesn�t seem to be an increase of noticeable/objectionable artifacts when I re-encode a well encoded 192K MP3 with Lame VBR at settings I�ve mentioned. I�d like to delete some 128K copies of the same tracks to free up space the VBR files are taking. With the equipment I have at my disposal, I can�t detect any appreciable change in the fidelity in the VBR files I�ve re-encoded once. But I may just go ahead and hold on to the smaller 128K duplicates to use on a MP3 portable if I end up getting one soon. > In the past, I was considering an mp3 player. The small portables, > while nice for jogging, but didn't have enough storage space to suit > my needs. The larger, hard drive style, seemed too expensive. In the > end, I purchased a RioVolt SP250 which plays regular CDs and mp3 > CDs. > I have 150+ MP3 CDs and this player rocks! It seemed much more > practical to just pop in a CD and have a days worth of music. > Tomorrow, I just pop in another CD and don't worry about downloading > music to the player's hard drive. I�ll probably go that way at some point myself. But for now, I don�t think I�ll be listening to the player for long lengths of time, and the lightweight and small size of the portables are pretty attractive to me. The fact that there are no moving parts in the portables is another nice feature. I wish I had a buck for every portable CD player I�ve seen in the garbage because someone dropped it. > To get the most out of this unit I coupled it with a decent set of > headphones (Etymotic ER-6) and a headphone amp (Airhead). Available > here: > > http://headroom.headphone.com/layout.php?topicID=3&subTopicID=30&productID=0000000011 > > You can really hear a distinct difference between lower bitrate > (128/160) and higher bitrates (192+) mp3s with this combination. It > all fits in a tiny bag that can be carried on walks or on my bicycle. Looks really nice Kevin! Were you able to try them out somewhere before you bought them? That�s another problem with most high tech stuff these days, is it�s hard to find a place where I can get my hands all the things I�d would like to compare. > I never realized that mp3s can sound this good until I had this combo. > Of course, I've also heard some really poor quality mp3s as well. That�s for sure. The software and hardware of a system can sometime make worlds of difference in the resultant quality of MP3s. I�m actually pretty surprised that this little Toshiba Libretto is apparently able to create pretty darned good files. > (Probably not encoded with Lame or ripped with EAC). In any event, > with something like this combo, you wouldn't need to re-encode > anything. Its something to consider, anyways. Thanks for the input Kevin! Shel __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
