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| Thread ID: 104864 | 2009-11-11 00:01:00 | My CD freaking EXPLODED! | Thebananamonkey (7741) | Press F1 |
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| 828916 | 2009-11-11 01:34:00 | Slightly OT Erayd, but what, in your opinion, is the best codec/bitrate? I usually go 320kbps as space isn't an issue anymore. Personally I store as lossless on my Home Server, and then transcode down on the fly when synching to a MP3 player to take on the road with me |
nmercer (3899) | ||
| 828917 | 2009-11-11 01:37:00 | Slightly OT Erayd, but what, in your opinion, is the best codec/bitrate? I usually go 320kbps as space isn't an issue anymore. If space isn't an issue, FLAC :D. If space is an issue, ogg vorbis. If space is a big issue, AACPlus v2. I usually rip my CDs to ogg vorbis, using a quality setting that works out to an average of around 116k/sec. It's roughly equivalent to a VBR MP3 file with an average bitrate of somewhere between 192-250k/sec, depending on the individual track. If I buy a track digitally, I usually try to buy the highest quality possible, and I don't transcode it unless the original is lossless. [Edit: And even then, I still keep the original.] Note that I run RockBox (http://rockbox.org/) on my iPod, which will happily play almost every format under the sun, including FLAC. If you use a regular player you're probably better off sticking with MP3 for compatibility reasons, unless you have one of the rare few that play ogg as well (e.g. most iriver ones.) |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 828918 | 2009-11-11 01:44:00 | Anyone had this happen before? Lots. Always in crap brand optical drives. I've heard the bad media theory but I've seen it twice with commercial disks. And crap drives. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 828919 | 2009-11-11 02:03:00 | You do realise that won't actually gain you any quality, right? They'll still sound more or less the same as the original MP3; if you want it to sound better you'll need to re-rip the original CD directly. Transcoding will *never* result in a gain in quality, and usually results in a loss. Yes, I realise that. What do you think the CD was doing in the drive in the first place? Making itself giddy? PCTek. It was an Asus drive. 'Nuff said, I think. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 828920 | 2009-11-11 02:18:00 | Sometimes - if you are lucky you can hear a bit of hum / or start of vibration a few moments before they blow. If you are quick enough you can stop the disk. If not duck - actually seen one video a long while back, where a DVD exploded, some of the pieces spraying out the drive as well. While this is very rare to have the pieces come out, you dont want them to dig into your body, or worse eyes. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 828921 | 2009-11-11 02:54:00 | Slightly OT Erayd, but what, in your opinion, is the best codec/bitrate? I usually go 320kbps as space isn't an issue anymore. If I recall correctly most audio cds are the equvilant of 320kps mp3? Thats what all my music is at anyway and im happy with that, i would class myself a kindergarten level audiofile |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 828922 | 2009-11-11 02:54:00 | Lots. Always in crap brand optical drives. I've heard the bad media theory but I've seen it twice with commercial disks. And crap drives. Commercial as in pressed rather than burnt? Any disc can have cracks. What does the drive have to do with a disc shattering apart from spinning it? Some drives do limit to around 40x unless you override and that makes it less likely to lose a disc. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 828923 | 2009-11-11 04:10:00 | Yes, I realise that. What do you think the CD was doing in the drive in the first place? Making itself giddy? Aah - I assumed the two were unrelated, and paid more attention to the 'up-converting' bit. If I recall correctly most audio cds are the equvilant of 320kps mp3?Wrong. You still lose quality, you just don't lose much - it's good enough that most people can't tell the difference between a 320k MP3 and the original CD (16bit 44,100khz PCM WAV). |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 828924 | 2009-11-11 10:12:00 | With Apple Lossless, my CD's are coming out at about 250MB each, I find that some CD's come out at much greater quality than others. Some are mostly ~900kb/s while others sit ~500kb/s. I'm running out of space on my iPod faster than I can think, but it's all worth it. I can't even listen to 128kb/s now, it sounds flat and lifeless. Notes don't have attack and anything not in the immediate "foreground" is muddied and dull. The high resolution ones show you all the imperfections/human-ness (like breathing or stick noise with the drums) in the recording, which is what I love. I should have said "replacing" instead of "up-converting". More accurate, really. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 828925 | 2009-11-11 10:37:00 | You should be able to pickup a good dvd drive for $60 or less online(might need P&H) check pricespy. |
PCT Joe (15018) | ||
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