Poll: MP3 Compression Bit Rate?

[EglsFly]

Just curious as to what everybody is using out there.
Feel free to vote and add a comment if you want to elaborate why you chose that level.

Thanks!

 

[Corporate Thug]

128

 

[pillage2001]

320Kbps......Have too much space in the hdd anyway.

 

[imported_Kensai]

320Kbps for storage.
192KBps on player.

 

[BionicSniper]

256 mp4 with 44hz

 

[slpaulson]

192 vbr

 

[teutonicknight]

Originally posted by: pillage2001
320Kbps......Have too much space in the hdd anyway.

Same, though I only have 5 albums ripped on my computer anyway

 

[d2arcturus]

VBR

Hope everyone uses EAC and LAME, cause if you dont! :shakesfist;

 

[DaveSimmons]

Lossless FLAC format on my music server.

Since it's lossless I can transcode to any MP3 bitrate I want for a portable, and change my mind as often as I like without any lossy-to-lossy encoding quality drop.

For my Zen Xtra portable I transcoded the FLAC to 192 kbps average VBR (LAME -aps -extreme) using dbPowerAmp's mass conversion tool.

 

[EglsFly]

I have been ripping at 128K just so that when I burn CDRs for my car audio MP3 player, I can get more music on a 700MB disc.

 

[klah]

LAME -> alt.preset.standard

 

[yosuke188]

128

 

[Goi]

Originally posted by: klah
LAME -> alt.preset.standard

same, but I use extreme

 

[MDE]

320

 

[Bona Fide]

I use 320kbps for all mp3's I get from online or wherever, but I've started to use Apple's Lossless Format for CD's. It sounds so crisp and it's as close to real as you can get. I'm thinking of converting my mp3's to AAF but idk if it'll work.

 

[corkyg]

AudioGrabber to WAV, then RazorLAME VBR to MP3.

 

[powerMarkymark]

the higher the better

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Bona Fide
I use 320kbps for all mp3's I get from online or wherever, but I've started to use Apple's Lossless Format for CD's. It sounds so crisp and it's as close to real as you can get. I'm thinking of converting my mp3's to AAF but idk if it'll work.

LOL, no. "Upconverting" can't magically restore information that has already been thrown away.

It doesn't work for camera images like they do on TV either. ("Can you enhance the detail on that license plate?" "Sure" (presses the magic add detail button))

 

[FeuerFrei]

I go for maximum bit rate. Quality is most important. I'm in no danger of filling my 20 gig mp3 player, so file size be damned!!

 

[Hacp]

I guess I'm the only one that uses 160....

EDIT: I just now see that theres a VBR option? DOPE!

 

[imported_ArtVandalay]

ogg-vorbis at setting 6, which is equivalent in size to 192kb mp3, but sounds better.

 

[Dubb]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Lossless FLAC format on my music server.

Since it's lossless I can transcode to any MP3 bitrate I want for a portable, and change my mind as often as I like without any lossy-to-lossy encoding quality drop.

For my Zen Xtra portable I transcoded the FLAC to 192 kbps average VBR (LAME -aps -extreme) using dbPowerAmp's mass conversion tool.

Winnar. I use q7 vorbis though, there are many other codecs than do much better than MP3 for the same filesize.

edit: on the same note, my flac 750GB raid 5 array just passed 550 GB used :shocked:

 

[Excelsior]

320 on DAP, flac on computer.

 

[svi]

I usually rip both to q7-8 Ogg Vorbis and 256kbps CBR mp3. Yes, that means I rip twice. I rip to FLAC and 256kbps CBR mp3 for stuff I figure I'll probably need more copies of, but I can't hear the difference between q8 Vorbis and FLAC, so I usually leave FLAC alone.

Why bother with mp3 at all? Well, Ogg Vorbis decoding takes more power than mp3 decoding. This isn't a problem for my computer, of course, but it hurts battery life on my DAP.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Dubb

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Lossless FLAC format on my music server.

Since it's lossless I can transcode to any MP3 bitrate I want for a portable, and change my mind as often as I like without any lossy-to-lossy encoding quality drop.

For my Zen Xtra portable I transcoded the FLAC to 192 kbps average VBR (LAME -aps -extreme) using dbPowerAmp's mass conversion tool.

Winnar. I use q7 vorbis though, there are many other codecs than do much better than MP3 for the same filesize.

edit: on the same note, my flac 750GB raid 5 array just passed 550 GB used :shocked:

:thumbsup: I've ripped almost all of my CDs (roughly 1,000 so far) but that only took aroung 300 GB for the FLACs and another 100 GB for the MP3 copies.

I use human-powered mirroring so I have another set of drives in the closet with a second copy of the files. That seemed a little safer in case of something like a power supply explosion.