James
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This is an update of my experiences on this thread.
Briefly, I discovered that many of my 256/320kbps LAME-encoded MP3s were being played back on my 3rd-gen iPod with a fluttering/underwater artifact overlaid over them. I called Apple and they told me they would not support my problem if I did not encode my files using iTunes. I argued that LAME was responsible for a not-inconsiderable portion of the MP3s available, and besides, the iPod is advertised to play back any MP3 file. I hung up the phone in frustration ... only to call them back not five minutes later. It turns out my iPod also had the same problem with iTunes-encoded MP3 files! The next day, off went my iPod to California.
Yesterday, I received a brand-spanking new 40GB iPod (gotta love AppleCare). Unfortunately, it still cannot play high-bitrate MP3 files.
Given that, in the ensuing time, a couple people on this forum and a few more of my friends have duplicated my experiences, I just wanted to post a definitive thread about it. I am including two short test clips below, one of piano and the other of woodwinds. Basically, two AIFF clips were encoded in several different ways using LAME 3.90.3 --alt-presets and the iTunes 4.2 MP3 encoder.
There is a large (~11.5MB) version and a smaller (~3.5MB) version. In particular, the former compilation contains the original AIFF clips.
Cheers,
James
P.S. I am debating whether to post this on iPodLounge myself, since I am not registered there. If someone with some clout there could post the URL for this thread under the "iPod Problems" forum, I would be much obliged.
Briefly, I discovered that many of my 256/320kbps LAME-encoded MP3s were being played back on my 3rd-gen iPod with a fluttering/underwater artifact overlaid over them. I called Apple and they told me they would not support my problem if I did not encode my files using iTunes. I argued that LAME was responsible for a not-inconsiderable portion of the MP3s available, and besides, the iPod is advertised to play back any MP3 file. I hung up the phone in frustration ... only to call them back not five minutes later. It turns out my iPod also had the same problem with iTunes-encoded MP3 files! The next day, off went my iPod to California.
Yesterday, I received a brand-spanking new 40GB iPod (gotta love AppleCare). Unfortunately, it still cannot play high-bitrate MP3 files.
Given that, in the ensuing time, a couple people on this forum and a few more of my friends have duplicated my experiences, I just wanted to post a definitive thread about it. I am including two short test clips below, one of piano and the other of woodwinds. Basically, two AIFF clips were encoded in several different ways using LAME 3.90.3 --alt-presets and the iTunes 4.2 MP3 encoder.
There is a large (~11.5MB) version and a smaller (~3.5MB) version. In particular, the former compilation contains the original AIFF clips.
Cheers,
James
P.S. I am debating whether to post this on iPodLounge myself, since I am not registered there. If someone with some clout there could post the URL for this thread under the "iPod Problems" forum, I would be much obliged.
