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| 47713 | 2002-05-08 03:44:00 | Now that I have *finally* begun to obtain a small collection of MP3s from the web, I've got a couple more questions. 1. What do the bandwidth numbers mean when browsing downloads available? In Kazzalite there is quite a variation in the size of the numbers. Is a bigger number better and faster? 2. Once the MP3s are downloaded onto the hard drive, is it better to make duplicates and convert those to another format, eg .wav files? Or is the quality much the same between MP3s and .wavs when listening to them using the PC? I would keep the original MP3s available for file sharing, of course. 3. When putting the songs onto a CD for listening to, what's the best format for stereo compatibility (given that older stereos probably won't play them)? Hoping that the music buffs can help out some more! Thank you. |
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| 47714 | 2002-05-08 05:19:00 | Afternoon Susan, An Mp3 is a compressed audio file, where as a wav file is an un-compressed audio file. Because all the converting and triming made to the mp3 has been done already when the mp3 was created, converting the mp3 to a wav will not make any difference. To make the mp3s come more to life I would recommend using an DSP plugin either DFX or enhancer. (Find these both on www.winamp.com) Now days most cd-writer packages include an built in mp3 decoder. Such as Easy Cd Creator 5, or Nero Burning Rom etc This means you can simply drap and drop the mp3s you wish to record to audio cd and hit record. In approx 15 minutes you will have an audio cd. (.cda format) If you would like to use Either Enhancer or DFX to create and DSP enhanced mp3 audio cd then have a look here 'www.fxsound.com Jess |
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| 47715 | 2002-05-08 05:25:00 | A program such as Nero Burning will automatically convert the mp3 to CDA format so it can be played in your home stereo or car. Another CD music writing program would be MP3 to CD which does the conversion back to CDA and also has features such as normalise as well. |
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| 47716 | 2002-05-08 07:47:00 | please back your music on CD, if you remember what happened to me a while ago, with the loss of about 5,000 mp3's you will understand why i know preach back up back up back up! and what better way personally i find nothing wrong with listening to music in mp3 format, and there is nothing wrong with storing them on cd in that format either! |
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| 47717 | 2002-05-08 07:51:00 | To answer your first question susan it goes something like this. The bandwidth numbers refer to the bitrate the bigger the number the bigger the file the better the quality because of less compression. 128 is regarded as standard 64 sounds like something played over a telephone. What you do with them is your business. Converting them to .wav files will fill up even the big drives very quickly. Just depends on how much space you have. and what you want to do with them. Welcoming you to the land of MP3s ==Orac== |
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| 47718 | 2002-05-08 08:46:00 | Thank you for the helpful info Jess, much appreciated :-) | Guest (0) | ||
| 47719 | 2002-05-08 09:02:00 | Thank you for the replies everyone. Chris: don't worry, I'll be backing up regularly! Orac: in the Kazaa Search window there are different columns for bandwidth and quality. The quality column refers to the bitrate size that you mention - some examples are 64, 96, 128, etc. I don't understand the bandwidth numbers. Examples are 1, 17, 22, 39, etc and some numbers are over 600. I'd like to know if the higher numbers mean faster downloads? |
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| 47720 | 2002-05-09 16:16:00 | http://cleanclients.tk/ Agreat site to get peer 2 peer programs free of spyware, go to cable if you are serious about mp3s and a;ways back up onto cdrs asap!! |
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