<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Forwarded Message ----<br>From: Stuart Bird <e_tective@yahoo.co.uk><br>To: Alan Pope <alan@popey.com><br>Sent: Tuesday, 18 December, 2007 3:13:14 PM<br>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mp3 to Ogg Conversion<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks everyone for the info:<br><br><Yes. Going from one lossy format to a different lossy format where each <br>loses a different bit of the audio spectrum.><br><br>I take it the difference would not be noticed too much by a tone deaf, music loving grunt such as myself then?<br><br>Another factor is (I could probably get this from Google but may as well ask now I am here) will the ogg files play on my iPod?<br><br>Stuart<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Alan Pope <alan@popey.com><br>To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com><br>Sent: Tuesday, 18 December, 2007 2:46:29 PM<br>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mp3 to Ogg Conversion<br><br>On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 02:24:46PM +0000, Stuart Bird wrote:<br>> Are there any tools that will help me achieve this?<br>mp32ogg<br><br>> Will there be any sound quality reduction as a result of the conversions?<br>> <br>Yes. Going from one lossy format to a different lossy format where each <br>loses a different bit of the audio spectrum.<br><br>> My collection runs to nearly 160 Gb so starting from scratch would not really be an option unless absolutely necessary.<br>> <br>Guess it depends how much of an audiophile you are.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Al.<br><br>-- <br><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a><br></div><br></div></div><br> <hr size="1"> Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mailuk/taglines/isp/control/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51947/*http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/">Yahoo! for Good</a> </div><br></div></div><br> <hr size=1> Sent from <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mailuk/taglines/isp/control/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51949/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html">Yahoo!</a> - a smarter inbox.</body></html>