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Posted by NRen2k5 on 06/13/06 09:36
agalland2 wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:10:10 -0400, NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> wrote:
>
>> agalland2 wrote:
>>> On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:14:23 -0500, agalland2 <agalland2@cox.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> First I do CDs mainly for my car. I was told that VBR will not work
>>>> except in the computer. I found that to be true. Now someone is
>>>> telling me I should not download anything under 160kbs so I can have
>>>> reasonable quality on the CD. Now another person is telling me that my
>>>> bottom line should be 128kbs. Does anyone out there know the
>>>> guidelines ? What do they use on commercial CDs ?
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions would be appreciated. And I want to thank you all for
>>>> any help.
>>>>
>>>> Allen
>>> I use the Windows Media Player to burn the mp3s I collect. The
>>> Windows Media Player converts the mp3s to wav files, if I understand
>>> it correctly. But I was told that if I try to burn an mp3 (even after
>>> the file change) that it should be 160kbs for quality sound.
>> If you're taking MP3's and you want to burn them as MP3's, then the best
>> way to do so would be as-is, because converting to a different "kbs"
>> will hurt the quality, even if it's a higher "kbs".
>>
>> - NRen2k5
>
> The CD player I have in the house (not on the computer) does
> not play mp3s nor does the player in my car.
Oh.
> So I assumed the Windows
> Media Player was converting because the majority of players use wav
> files. But your telling me that weither I use 128 or 160 that the rate
> is converted to what ever the wav file uses for the burning.?
That's right.
> Should I use 128kbs mp3s to start with or should I stay at at least
> 160kbs to begin with ?
If 128kbps sounds fine to your ears, then you might as well use it.
Where are these MP3's coming from?
- NRen2k5
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