francineee
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is the sound quality of a cd ripped to 320kbps mp3 the same as a downloaded 128kbps mp3 encoded to 320kbps? thanks!
a question about music encoding
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Never reencode an existing mp3. Just makes it worse each time. Changing 128 k mp3 to 320 whatever don't make to better makes it worse.
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No! A file ripped directrly from CD to 320kbps MP3 is far better than a file transcoded from a lossy file.
The data lost when encoding to 128kbps can never be restored.
So when you transcode a 128kbps file to 320kbps you end up with a file almost three times the size and which probably sound worse than the 128kbps source file. Aka, totally waste of time and space.
The data lost when encoding to 128kbps can never be restored.
So when you transcode a 128kbps file to 320kbps you end up with a file almost three times the size and which probably sound worse than the 128kbps source file. Aka, totally waste of time and space.
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