kevyan 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2007 Hi all, is there a difference when I use Windows Media Player to convert my CD to mp3 - 192kbps, compare to CDex converting it to 192kbps too....? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevyan 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2007 Hi all, is there a difference when I use Windows Media Player to convert my CD to mp3 - 192kbps, compare to CDex converting it to 192kbps too....? Eh... can someone tell me if there's any difference and what are the difference? Thank you. Because I find that using WMP to convert CD to mp3 is much faster.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tassardar_ 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2007 (edited) MP3 itself is a standard format but there are many coders out there. The reason why WMP encodes faster can be due to a more effecient/faster encoder or may be more information lost per encoding. Generally the difference between similar bit rate are really low so getting the faster one will be better. (this is my opinion as a computing student) Edited January 5, 2007 by tassardar_ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevyan 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2007 MP3 itself is a standard format but there are many coders out there. The reason why WMP encodes faster can be due to a more effecient/faster encoder or may be more information lost per encoding. Generally the difference between similar bit rate are really low so getting the faster one will be better. (this is my opinion as a computing student) Hmm... Sounds logical.... I shall hear from others too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bpribadi 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2007 Since you did it already, did you hear any difference ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sigma 0 Report post Posted March 24, 2007 (edited) Best way to rip a CD-DA to MP3 is through EAC then LAME 3.97b. See http://www.chrismyden.com/bestmp3guide.php for EAC settings. That guide recommends Lame 3.90, but it's terribly slow compared to 3.97b (which has the newer --vbr-new flag), which is what Hydrogenaudio recommends. Edited March 24, 2007 by sigma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pshing 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2007 I found some info on wiki, quite interesting. Can read the section under "Audio quality". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3 "As well as the bit rate of the encoded file, the quality of MP3 files depends on the quality of the encoder and the difficulty of the signal being encoded. As the MP3 standard allows quite a bit of freedom with encoding algorithms, different encoders may feature quite different quality, even when targeting similar bit rates. As an example, in a public listening test featuring two different MP3 encoders at about 128kbps[2], one scored 3.66 on a 1-5 scale, while the other scored only 2.22. Quality is heavily dependent on the choice of encoder and encoding parameters." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
