Are all itunes songs 128kbps?

ripkordripkord
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in iPod + iTunes + AppleTV edited January 2014
the store bought ones i mean



sorry for such a noob question!



that it a pretty low bitrate :/

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    gsxrboygsxrboy Posts: 565member
    Yep !
  • Reply 2 of 5
    fireball1244fireball1244 Posts: 122member
    Theoretically, yes, but I have some dance music and classical music from iTunes that is in a higher bitrate.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    vandewaalsvandewaals Posts: 450member
    I'm _pretty_ sure all the songs sold on the iTunes store are 128 kbps Protected AAC (.m4p files). I've found (in a couple instances) the song off the iTunes store sounds better than if I ripped it from the CD. I had heard that it was because the songs on the store are ripped from higher quality master tapes and/or the encoder used by Apple is a bit better than the one used in QuickTime (shrug).
  • Reply 4 of 5
    sopphodesopphode Posts: 135member
    They seem to be using the VBR encoder now. A couple of recently released songs reports as 126kbps and 124kbps in QuickTime.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    ripkordripkord Posts: 78member
    Yeah I had a listen and they dont sound bad by any means, and I guess its keeps them small.... just a bit disappointing considering everything else about the system looks and feels top notch
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