lee730
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lol Lossy codec means you are getting the full quality of the intended recording. Whether it be WAV (which is a direct rip from CD) or FLAC/ALAC (a compressed version of WAV that still doesn't lose any quality). It basically unzips back to the WAV files during playback. MP3 AAC, VBR are different types of MP3 files. VBR will change the bit rate based on how complicated and busy (or how much info is in the track in steps). It actually will raise or lower the K size of the file in certain parts of the song if it is not as demanding or even raise it if is deemed necessary by the encoder. I think AAC encodes the MP3 at a constant bit-rate. So if its at 256 the entire song is encoded at 256. But with lossy codecs (Mp3, etc) you lose parts of the original song and this can be noticeable on revealing equipment. One reason why I recommend you start looking into lossless codecs if you intend to move up. You can use various programs to rip your CDs to lossless. I use Exact Audio Copy combined with Flac Frontend (which encodes the WAV files to flac on the fly).
TBH I have really no idea on what any of that means. I guess Lossless is the best Audio File or whatever around, and should be taken from CDs. But how exactly do I do that? What is WAV and why do you need to convert it to FLAC or ALAC? What is 256K AAC, 320K VBR and what is a lossless file?
lol Lossy codec means you are getting the full quality of the intended recording. Whether it be WAV (which is a direct rip from CD) or FLAC/ALAC (a compressed version of WAV that still doesn't lose any quality). It basically unzips back to the WAV files during playback. MP3 AAC, VBR are different types of MP3 files. VBR will change the bit rate based on how complicated and busy (or how much info is in the track in steps). It actually will raise or lower the K size of the file in certain parts of the song if it is not as demanding or even raise it if is deemed necessary by the encoder. I think AAC encodes the MP3 at a constant bit-rate. So if its at 256 the entire song is encoded at 256. But with lossy codecs (Mp3, etc) you lose parts of the original song and this can be noticeable on revealing equipment. One reason why I recommend you start looking into lossless codecs if you intend to move up. You can use various programs to rip your CDs to lossless. I use Exact Audio Copy combined with Flac Frontend (which encodes the WAV files to flac on the fly).