Chism Posted April 14, 2002 Share Posted April 14, 2002 What's your favorite non-MP3 music format for the computer? And the best bit rate in your opinion? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/22671-favorite-non-mp3-format/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted April 14, 2002 Share Posted April 14, 2002 I only download 192kbt MP3 encoded with LAME or that frohoffer(whatever) pro, NO XING. Ogg Vorbis is not bad from what I have played around with it, seems like 128 avg VBR ogg is about equal to 192 MP3 with smaller file sizes. Would like to see someone do a good examination on it. Monkey is CD perfect but only about 50% reduction. VQF died about 3 years ago. MP3pro and MP3+ are just crap in my opinion. WMA is a joke, only at same bitrate as MP3 does it sound as good and the file size difference is negligable. OGG will maybe someday win out but everybody who thinks they know anything knows the term MP3 and as soon as OGG gets better software support, it may take off. However, with larger harddrives and prices always going down, the file size advantage of OGG does not mean much when 192 MP3 is just about CD transparency. Also, I am not a big fan of the VBR MP3, it does not improve sound quality, only smaller file size. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/22671-favorite-non-mp3-format/#findComment-195464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasanth Posted April 14, 2002 Share Posted April 14, 2002 favorite nonmp3 format not favorite non mp3 muzic format so its jpg:D jpg has better compression so that my HD wont burst with kareenas pics;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/22671-favorite-non-mp3-format/#findComment-195469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangesOfCourse Posted April 14, 2002 Share Posted April 14, 2002 Originally posted by prasanth16 favorite nonmp3 format not favorite non mp3 muzic format so its jpg:D jpg has better compression so that my HD wont burst with kareenas pics;) OMG.. u beat me to this post..hehe :D my hd.. still bursts of her pics.. so HA! :p laterz ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/22671-favorite-non-mp3-format/#findComment-195472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasanth Posted April 14, 2002 Share Posted April 14, 2002 Originally posted by Space Guy OMG.. u beat me to this post..hehe :D my hd.. still bursts of her pics.. so HA! :p laterz ;) still u PM me requesting pics Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/22671-favorite-non-mp3-format/#findComment-195478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted April 14, 2002 Veteran Share Posted April 14, 2002 i think it all depends on the encoder. anything less than fraunhoeffer or lame is crap for mp3. and oog is a good format. vbr is built-in to it so you get the bandwidth for sound where you need it.. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/22671-favorite-non-mp3-format/#findComment-195499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted April 14, 2002 Veteran Share Posted April 14, 2002 ogg all the way. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/22671-favorite-non-mp3-format/#findComment-195645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted April 14, 2002 Veteran Share Posted April 14, 2002 I've tried ogg before and it was pretty impressive, but as far as I could see, there was no way to alter the tags for them. Perhaps I was just being stupid... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/22671-favorite-non-mp3-format/#findComment-195661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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