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What should I convert my FLAC music to for my Zune?

post #1 of 8
2/10/11 at 5:04pm
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AAC 320

WMA Lossless

Mp3
WMA

M4a

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post #2 of 8
2/10/11 at 5:07pm

LAME mp3 with mp3gain.

 

It sounds as good as any other format and works on everything.

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post #3 of 8
2/10/11 at 5:09pm

LAME 320kbps.

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post #4 of 8
2/10/11 at 6:04pm
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Everything I use can also do AAC

should i use AAC 320kbps or MP3 320KBPS

which one sounds better?

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post #5 of 8
2/10/11 at 6:10pm
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should i use CBR or VBR LAME?

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post #6 of 8
2/10/11 at 6:49pm

Depending on your free space use CBR if you can, variable bit rate files are smaller. I'm fairly sure AAC files are more compressed than MP3 too.

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post #7 of 8
2/10/11 at 7:39pm

If they're both 320kbps they're both compressed the same amount.  What they take out when compressing is different, but the actual file size is identical.  I haven't looked at AAC vs MP3 in 5 years or so.  Back then AAC was considered better as determined by picking out flaws in blind tests.  However the encoders have changed so much since then.

 

Edit:  Searching hydrogenaudio, listening tests show no appreciable difference between Apple AAC, Nero AAC, and Lame MP3 for 128kbps and up.

 

Edit2:  One caveat.  There will be some tracks that kill AAC and different ones that kill Lame. 

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post #8 of 8
2/12/11 at 7:26am

I used to 320 my FLAC files for my walkman, but I did some ABX tests and dound that V0 is pretty much transparent with my set-up, so that's how I encode my FLAC files now. I suggest you try something similar with a few encoding options and choose for yourself.

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