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| 472549 | 2006-07-21 09:49:00 | Hi I have about 16Hrs of Music on My computer and i would like to put them onto CD. If I put it into MP3 format How many Mins will I get. I have heard that you can put Approx 10 Normal CD's into one MP3 CD.? How can I convert them from WAV to MP3 |
stevensaaron (6348) | ||
| 472550 | 2006-07-21 10:16:00 | you will get 16hrs worth ;) the number of songs you can fit depends mainly on what compression quailty level you chose when converting them. the crappy the sound the more you can fit. cdex is a good cd ripping and converting program. its free and open source. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 472551 | 2006-07-21 10:18:00 | Jetaudio Basic (www.cowonamerica.com) might convert WAV to MP3. I cant remember. If you have a sterero that can play MP3 CD's, you can put around 190-200 MP3s on the cd. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 472552 | 2006-07-21 10:21:00 | So if I convert them into MP3 It won't make a difference to the number of Cd's i need? I thought that MP3 being smaller than WMA I could fit more songs onto a Cd? | stevensaaron (6348) | ||
| 472553 | 2006-07-21 10:30:00 | Yes it will. Normal cd only fits upto about 20 songs, whereas a mp3 cd will fit a couple hundred on it, depending on compression (bit rate)...as stated above. | Nyuuji (5460) | ||
| 472554 | 2006-07-21 10:33:00 | So if I convert them into MP3 It won't make a difference to the number of Cd's i need? I thought that MP3 being smaller than WMA I could fit more songs onto a Cd? WMA and mp3 are both compression codecs so sizes are dictated by what compression level you set. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 472555 | 2006-07-21 11:12:00 | WMA formats are typically smaller than MP3s. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 472556 | 2006-07-21 11:15:00 | If you're after a good transcoder, I recommend MediaCoder (sourceforge.net). The settings can be a little complex for some, but it's an extremely comprehensive program - it can convert almost anything into almost anything else - both audio and video. That said, if you're just wanting to burn an MP3 disk many CD-burning apps will automatically do this for you. Just select 'MP3 disk' as the new project. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 472557 | 2006-07-21 11:17:00 | WMA formats are typically smaller than MP3s. fully depending on what mp3 codec is used and what settings it used and the sound quality adcheived. there are so many varibles that can make one look better than the other. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 472558 | 2006-07-21 12:21:00 | fully depending on what mp3 codec is used and what settings it used and the sound quality adcheived. there are so many varibles that can make one look better than the other. That's true, but only up to a point. While it is possible to tweak either of them (and the benefits of doing so are definitely noticible) wma is inherently a more efficient format (in terms of quality vs filesize) than MP3. For any given quality / filesize, a wma file will generally sound better, although again - advanced tweaking can certainly blur these results. For your typical user, who will just use the dafaults (except possibly changing the bitrate setting), wma will, without question, produce a better result, and while the difference between wma and mp3 isn't huge, it's certainly noticible. Just to stir things up a little, what about aacplus (aka he-aac)? IMO it's a stunning format (I use 48Kbits/sec aacplus v2 for my music collection), and it's vastly more efficient than either mp3 or wma. Ogg-vorbis, properly tweaked, can compete with it, but aacplus is still the clear winner here. On a side note - both aacplus and ogg-vorbis support more than 2 channels (i.e. you can use them for surround sound, I believe aacplus supports up to 128 individual channels), but both mp3 and wma only support 2 channels. |
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