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Re: What mp3 quality do you want?

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charles_454545Jul 22, 2009
 

 
--- In just-a-minute@..., "berlinirving" <berlinirving@...> wrote:

> I'm only here for a moment to say that it's clear from the early
> posts that the general preference is to have as good a quality as
> possible, and lesser quality versions can be made if someone wants
> them. While I can't fix those which I have recorded up till now
> that are only 56 bit rate, I shall make future mp3s to equal
> the source.
>
> This leaves me with a question of the quality of the ABC RN
> source, as streamed on the web. What mp3 bit rate would
> equal the web stream?
>
> It's clear that some of you are making better quality recordings
> than anything I produce, as I only record the stream using Sound
> Forge, edit the front and end, lift the volume a bit, save it as a
> wav and convert it to a 56k bit rate mp3.

What mp3 encoder are you using?

If "lame", I'd suggest -q 0 -V 2 as the settings.

One important step for the ABC RN sourced files is to make certain
that the .wav file passed to the mp3 encoder is only a single
channel. I think that should save space in the end product.

I agree that lightly boosting the volume (and even the bass) is
necessary on the ABC RN files. It's too bad their streams aren't
up to par with what the beeb is doing... I'd love to listen to
RN's "The Night Air" in stereo aac, but that's a different story...

cheers,
Charles

 
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