[ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

[Markie]

Hi Nigel,

I used 320K mp3s and found little difference myself to WAV quality wise.
Althought I dont doubt if you feed this into a decent Amplifier setup you
will hear the difference, the output can also be affected by the quality of
the soundcard.

I used 320k MP3 on CD players them alongside Vinyl with decent quality
Ortofon cartridges and there wasnt much difference to be heard. If you start
dropping below 192k then you can start to hear the difference especially if
you are passing through a mixer into a PC and re-encoding to stream to a
shoutcast server.

So I would say 320k mp3 would be great for a portable player and you
shouldnt hear the quality difference at all.

Mark

On 14 April 2010 15:08, Nigel Verity <nigelverity at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi Guys
>
> All the advice is very much appreciated, and the views expressed about the
> merits of different audio formats and players are of great interest too.
>
> Like everyone else on this forum, I'm not happy about resorting to a
> Microsoft audio format. However, when funds are tight, upgrading players
> isn't an immediate option. My only format options at the moment are WMA and
> MP3. Which format sounds best is, I believe, somewhat subjective. All I can
> give is my own experience using the equipment I have available.
>
> The insertion of "-acodec wmav2" into the ffmpeg command line has done the
> trick. Many thanks to those who suggested it.
>
> Regards
>
> Nige
>
>
>
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