The iTunes Bit Rate mystery?
The can be a simple thread if we want it to be.
In the latest version of iTunes, version 7.5 (19), when I import a CD - for which I have the Bit Rate set @ 256Kb/s - the actual Bit Rate on each track after import can range anywhere from 240+ to 260+ Kb/s.
I had previously (@ about version 7.1) re-encoded 5/6 of my whole library @ 256Kb/s - this went without a hitch.
I decided to do that last 1/6 yesterday only to come across this "new" anomaly. Upon reading up on this in various forums it would seem that previously those Bit Rates were actually varied, but rather iTunes displayed them as all equal. Supposedly a get info on those older encodes from within the Finder shows that each song was not in fact the same Bit Rate.
Is this Apple's attempt to be more accurate, in that they now display the actual "real" Bit Rate in iTunes? Or is this simply a very annoying bug, upon which being fixed knowing me I'll have to re-encode that last 1/6 of my library again?
In the latest version of iTunes, version 7.5 (19), when I import a CD - for which I have the Bit Rate set @ 256Kb/s - the actual Bit Rate on each track after import can range anywhere from 240+ to 260+ Kb/s.
I had previously (@ about version 7.1) re-encoded 5/6 of my whole library @ 256Kb/s - this went without a hitch.
I decided to do that last 1/6 yesterday only to come across this "new" anomaly. Upon reading up on this in various forums it would seem that previously those Bit Rates were actually varied, but rather iTunes displayed them as all equal. Supposedly a get info on those older encodes from within the Finder shows that each song was not in fact the same Bit Rate.
Is this Apple's attempt to be more accurate, in that they now display the actual "real" Bit Rate in iTunes? Or is this simply a very annoying bug, upon which being fixed knowing me I'll have to re-encode that last 1/6 of my library again?
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