Which Audio Format do you consider the best?
While I have quite a bit of knowledge of music, I've never been to sure on what format to go. For my windows, I use MP3 (highest bitrate possible) for giving to others, and WAV when I want the highest quality (although right now, this is not smart to do with my memory constraints).
What format should you try to go, especially with Apple? Just curious, thanks.
What format should you try to go, especially with Apple? Just curious, thanks.
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While I have quite a bit of knowledge of music, I've never been to sure on what format to go. For my windows, I use MP3 (highest bitrate possible) for giving to others, and WAV when I want the highest quality (although right now, this is not smart to do with my memory constraints).
What format should you try to go, especially with Apple? Just curious, thanks.
I like AAC @ 192kb/s. It's said that unless you're an audiophile - or you compare them closely together, people cannot tell the difference between 128 and anything higher than 128.
192k AAC
FLAC or Apple Lossless depending on what they plan to play the files back on.
I like AAC @ 192kb/s. It's said that unless you're an audiophile - or you compare them closely together, people cannot tell the difference between 128 and anything higher than 128.
If I play audio with low spectral power density, I can notice it fairly easily. I'm have you know that I'm by no means an audiophile, just a giant geek: what this means is that music that has a large amount of simultaneous instruments and/or harmonics will choke on fixed-bit-rate compressions below a certain point.
So, I like to use variable bit rate encoding. If I use LAME I use the built-in "medium-high" or "high" setting. If I use AAC, I use 192k, which seems to do the job. Mostly I just use AAC although MP3 is sometimes required for non-Apple devices.
I always save my music at 320 kbps myself. Do you think I should just stick to 192? Or stick the best possible? (320 in MP3's case).
Also, what's this about AAC? I've heard about it a lot, I'm guessing it's the next thing. Is it pretty much the same as MP3, but better compressed?
Also, what's this about AAC? I've heard about it a lot, I'm guessing it's the next thing. Is it pretty much the same as MP3, but better compressed?
Haha, AAC is .m4p (often called .mp4) and is Apple's standard for music. All files on the iTunes store are AAC encoded, it's not much of a new thing either.
I remember something about an AAC file on my sister's computer - Which completely confused me, as I'd use the format myself, except none of my programs export it. And She uses iTunes. No offense, but I hate it.
But yes, if there's any programs that allow me to change MP3 to MP4, or aka AAC, I would go ahead. That's if there's any benefits though. Is there? I know some things can't run MP4, so I'll be careful there. I assume it's always possible to rexport an MP4 as MP3 again?
Yes, you can transcode from MP3 to AAC and vice-versa, but that results in a worse-sounding file.