What are the advantages and disadvantages of using MP3.

"Bernie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> What are the advantages and disadvantages of using MP3.
>
>

Saves HD space and you can transfer them to an mp3 walkman.

You loose a certain amount of quality.

Cheers,
Jerry

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:40:52 -0500, "Bernie" <(E-Mail Removed)> spewed
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>What are the advantages and disadvantages of using MP3.
>

Compared to what, other lossy codecs?

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Galley

Compared to .wma files

"Galley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:40:52 -0500, "Bernie" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> spewed
> forth these words of wisdom:
>
>>What are the advantages and disadvantages of using MP3.
>>
>
> Compared to what, other lossy codecs?
>
> --
> "I'm not a cool person in real life, but I play one on the Internet"
> Galley

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:30:52 -0500, "Bernie" <(E-Mail Removed)> spewed
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>Compared to .wma files
>

MP3: near universal support, good sound quality
WMA: good support, decent sound quality
AAC: fair support, great sound quality

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"I'm not a cool person in real life, but I play one on the Internet"
Galley

Thanks for the help

"Galley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:30:52 -0500, "Bernie" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> spewed
> forth these words of wisdom:
>
>>Compared to .wma files
>>
>
> MP3: near universal support, good sound quality
> WMA: good support, decent sound quality
> AAC: fair support, great sound quality
>
> --
> "I'm not a cool person in real life, but I play one on the Internet"
> Galley

On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 18:06:34 -0500, "Bernie" <(E-Mail Removed)> spewed
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>Thanks for the help
>

One important thing I forgot to mention is if you think you might own a portable
player in the future, use a format that it supports. Every player on the market
supports MP3, a good number of them support WMA, and only a few support AAC.
Ripping CDs as 192Kbps MP3s is the "safe bet". If you think you might only need
a flash-based player, then go with 128Kbps. There is a trade-off between
file-size and audio quality.

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"I'm not a cool person in real life, but I play one on the Internet"
Galley

Thanks!

"Galley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 18:06:34 -0500, "Bernie" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> spewed
> forth these words of wisdom:
>
>>Thanks for the help
>>
>
> One important thing I forgot to mention is if you think you might own a
> portable
> player in the future, use a format that it supports. Every player on the
> market
> supports MP3, a good number of them support WMA, and only a few support
> AAC.
> Ripping CDs as 192Kbps MP3s is the "safe bet". If you think you might only
> need
> a flash-based player, then go with 128Kbps. There is a trade-off between
> file-size and audio quality.
>
> --
> "I'm not a cool person in real life, but I play one on the Internet"
> Galley