[uniman]

When I save CDs to my hard drive my encoder default setting is mp3PRO at 80kBit, 44100 hz, stereo, constant bit rate. Should I change these settings? There are dozens of options (Nero). My mp3 player is Nex IIe. I also burn alot of mixed CDs, but the program converts back to .wav for the CDs so I'm thinking this is less of an issue. Any input would be helpful. I know very little on this subject and everything I have read is completely over my head. Keep it simple if possible.

 

[helento1]

They say that mp3 pro is not too good codec for packing music. Musepack (mpc) is considered to be best codec for high bitrate purposes and ogg vorbis is good for low bitrate. In 80 kbps ogg vorbis is significantly better than mp3 pro.

You can read more at http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/

 

[mEtal]

If you're going to convert them back into wavs later on for use in mixed music CDs, I also recommend using mpc format (with a nice bitrate of course). That way you won't lose too much quality and won't have to re-rip the songs from the various CD's