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06-27-2008, 04:01 AM
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WAV to MP3?
As pretty much everyone knows, encoding an MP3 to an MP3 will cause a noticeable drop in quality. Now, I've been renting CDs from my library and ripping them to my computer in MP3 format (with EAC/LAME) and keeping WAV files in data CDs. Say I decide to convert one of the WAV files to MP3, will there be any noticeable loss, or will it be exactly like ripping from a CD?
Also, burning MP3s to a CD and then ripping the CD to MP3 files will have a huge SQ loss, correct?
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06-27-2008, 04:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Waspinators
As pretty much everyone knows, encoding an MP3 to an MP3 will cause a noticeable drop in quality. Now, I've been renting CDs from my library and ripping them to my computer in MP3 format (with EAC/LAME) and keeping WAV files in data CDs. Say I decide to convert one of the WAV files to MP3, will there be any noticeable loss, or will it be exactly like ripping from a CD?
Also, burning MP3s to a CD and then ripping the CD to MP3 files will have a huge SQ loss, correct?
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Say I decide to convert one of the WAV files to MP3, will there be any noticeable loss, or will it be exactly like ripping from a CD?~ Same as the CD
Big no-no on the second question.(actually you answered that in your first sentence)
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06-27-2008, 07:39 AM
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They will (or at least should) be exactly as if you ripped from the CD and encoded directly to MP3.
Burning MP3s to a CD and then ripping the CD to MP3 files is a big no-no. Just as bad as transcoding MP3 to MP3..
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06-27-2008, 08:09 AM
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Try and hear for yourself.
I need mp3->wav->mp3 when recording a speech on a DAP, then processing it on a PC, encoding to low quality mp3 and posting it on teh intartubes.
Btw there is no difference between CD->mp3 and wav->mp3 because in fact when ripping a CD it is actually saved to wav first, then encoded to mp3. If you use a good ripper (EAC), you should get an accurate wav from your CDs
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06-27-2008, 11:55 AM
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Quote:
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Now, I've been renting CDs from my library and ripping them to my computer in MP3 format
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Renting? You mean instead of borrowing, your library charges you, which then makes it OK to make copies (wink wink)?
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06-27-2008, 12:09 PM
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Regarding the second point - you won't degrade your MP3's (any further) by putting them on to a CD. Just don't transcode them again to a lossy format, just copy 'as is' to a suitable MP3 device or music library. Most of the original wav file inofrmation is lost by this stage, but you don't need to lose any more.
I realise I may have missed the point somewhere along the line though...
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06-27-2008, 08:14 PM
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Quote:
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Renting? You mean instead of borrowing, your library charges you, which then makes it OK to make copies (wink wink)?
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Right, right of course! 
Thanks for the responses everyone, I figured the quality loss regarding the second question was obvious, but I'm glad to know that I can just keep wavs in case I want to re-encode.
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