Poll: MP3 Compression Bit Rate?

[Bassyhead]

192

 

[AznAnarchy99]

maximum... maybe thats why i have 1 gig left of my 20 gig

 

[jpeyton]

lame 320kbps VBR alt standard

averages about 4-7MB per song. Don't really see the point in recording at a lower bitrate to save a MB or two. Plays without flaws on everything from my car stereo, home stereo, and portable player.

 

[imported_Snagle]

all my stuff is encoded in apple lossless

 

[lokiju]

192K

 

[Shawn]

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

 

[SilentRavens]

Between 160 and 224 depending on the age of the music (think like I use 160 for music recorded in the 40's and 50's.)

 

[EglsFly]

Originally posted by: Goi

Originally posted by: Megatomic

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

Same here, but I use 256Kbps. HDD space is so cheap, why not have high quality MP3s?

AFAIK, VBR alt-preset standard actually yields better sound quality than standard CBR 256Kbps or even 320Kbps, while using less space most of the time.

If VBR alt-preset standard averages between 175k and 220K (give or take), how could it be "better sound quality" than 256K CBR?

 

lame --preset standard

 

[Babbles]

I rip in FLAC and 256 MP3. I used to use Ogg but my Creative player doesn't support it so I stick with the 256 mp3.

Hard drive space is pretty silly cheap, so having both FLAC and MP3 on my computer is no big deal.

 

[keeleysam]

256 AAC in latest version of iTunes at time of ripping.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I notice that in LAME i have an option for quality in relation to Q5, Q2, Q0, Q9, etc. It says that the lower the Q, the higher the quality, should i worry about any issues with MP3 players if i alter it from default? Set at 5, would i really notice any difference since it is already at 320bit if i set it to Q2 or Q0?

 

[Hacp]

I can't beleive his topic has gone to Offtopic, where it will horibbly die!

 

[sunzt]

192 mostly, 320 if I directly rip from CD

VBR is good, but i never use it since you can run into problems when you try to edit videos with them using VirtualDub

 

[EyeMWing]

CBR 320.

 

[newnameman]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
Lossless WMA with VBR.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

128kb/s, sounds the same to me as playing it off the CD. Do certain sound cards or speakers have a limit?

 

[Barfo]

192

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: EglsFly
What level of mp3 compression would give you near CD quality?

0%

 

[EglsFly]

Originally posted by: Hacp
I can't beleive his topic has gone to Offtopic, where it will horibbly die!

I guess a moderator moved it....

 

[ShadowBlade]

it varries
mostly 320Kbps, 192Kbps and 128Kbps
some VBR too

 

[BigToque]

The best thing to do IMHO is to rip the CD tracks as a lossless format to your PC for storage. If you want to put the songs on a portable as well then just encode from the lossless for 192 VBR, which is a great combination of size/quality for a component that you likely wouldn't be able to hear the quality loss on anyway.

 

[yhelothar]

one word for this tread:
placebo

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
one word for this tread:
placebo

lol

 

[ironcrotch]

192k for mediocre stuff

320k for good stuff

lossless for my favorites