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different parts of the audio spectrum to MP3. It's a matter of taste, but
it's going to restrict your choice of player, especially under Linux.

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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 14 April 2010 12:39, Nigel Verity <sp=
an dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:nigelverity at hotmail.com">nigelverity at h=
otmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
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Hi Guys<br><br>I&#39;m a bit of an audiophile, and have a large collection =
of music stored in WAV format to preserve the sound quality. Clearly it&#39=
;s not possible to copy many of these huge files to a portable player, so t=
hey need to be compressed. After much experimentation I&#39;ve concluded th=
at OGG and WMA are both better formats for sound quality than MP3 at a give=
n bit rate. The trouble is that neither of my portable players will play OG=
G, so it has to be WMA.<br>
<br>Using the command &quot;ffmpeg -i input.wav -ab 128k output.wma&quot; I=
 get a WMA file which will sound great on Linux using players such as VLC, =
Exaile and Rhythmbox. Unfortunately on both my portable players I get &quot=
;File Error&quot;. I&#39;ve even tried playing files converted this way on =
XP using WMP, and got similar results.<br>
<br>Does anyone have any suggestions on an ffmpeg parameter that will solve=
 the problem, or know of an alternative Linux app that will convert the fil=
es correctly?<br><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If you feel you=
 must use WMV, which is a proprietary Microsoft codec and is reverse engine=
ered in ffmpeg, try ffmpeg -i input.wav -acodec wmav2 -ab 128k output.wma .=
</div>
<div><br></div><div>It might have something to do with your player&#39;s fi=
rmware though - if they are certified for PlaysForSure then that conversion=
 might not work anyway as I think that only accepts WMV3.</div><div><br>
</div><div>From what I remember, WMA sounds &#39;better&#39; because it con=
centrates on different parts of the audio spectrum to MP3. It&#39;s a matte=
r of taste, but it&#39;s going to restrict your choice of player, especiall=
y under Linux.</div>
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