Audio Compression

OGG r0x, use it.
OGG files are smaller than MP3s, and have a better quality.

Ogg, definitely.

Victor.

I''d go with CAR if I were you. You can have 16kb music files. ^_^

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MIDI.


Nah, I use WMA. I like 192kbps WMA, whatever anyone else might think, I think it sounds a lot nicer.

Talking about OGG, is there a program that convert CD audio straight to OGG? I usually get in WAV first then convert to OGG, which is a painfully slow process.

edit: grammer nazis.

[edited by - alnite on June 9, 2004 3:38:22 PM]

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Original post by alnite
Talking about OGG, is there a program that convert CD audio straight to OGG? I usually get in WAV first then convert to OGG, which is a painfully slow process.

edit: grammer nazis.

[edited by - alnite on June 9, 2004 3:38:22 PM]

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Yes, there are plenty of them. I''m a linux user so I can''t really point any out for windows, but at least in linux just about every program that can be used to rip mp3 files can be set to rip to ogg instead.

And to the OP... Is there a reason you don''t want to use MP3?

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MP3 is such an old technology. There must be better quality and formats available.

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If you look at the various listening tests that have been done, MP3 scores pretty consistantly across all genres, it''s only lacking side that I know if is low bit rate audio.
OGG usually scores about the same as MP3, although it varies on genre, with one genre being quite a bit lower score than MP3 (although still better than WMA...) but it does WAY better in low bit rate audio and can often have smaller file sizes for same quality.
WMA... Despite all the hype from MS, I have not seen a single listening test that as not sponsered by MS that didn''t put WMA well below the worst case of both MP3 and OGG.

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Drakonite

Shoot Pixels Not People

CDex supports ogg.

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Original post by alnite
Talking about OGG, is there a program that convert CD audio straight to OGG?

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dBpowerAMP Music Converter is your friend.
Well, it''s my friend for ripping to .ogg



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foobar supports ripping directly from cd to many formats at many different quality levels (but you need to download the extra plugins for it).

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Original post by nes8bit
I''d go with CAR if I were you. You can have 16kb music files. ^_^

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I love CAR! I have all my music in CAR format!


Then again, I''m deaf.