Posted by Joel on 09/16/05 18:20

"asdf" <qjohnny2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

>tunebite claims the mp3's it makes are very good quality.. I'm
>wondering how good ? where is the loss in quality coming from ( from
>the original wma ).. is it coming from the conversion to analog mainly
>or the sound card and sound system on the computer or the conversion of
>the analog back into mp3. probably everywhere but what would you do to
>get the least degrade in quality..
>1) sample at highest rate possible
>2) get best possible sound card
>3) encode at highest rate possible

I assume you're talking about converting DRM-protected WMAs to MP3s.
Certainly the analog/digital conversions and reencoding do take away
quality, but the best way to maximize the quality is the same as with
any other MP3, to use the best encoder with a good VBR setting (i.e.
LAME's --preset standard). If that program is using some other
encoder, or doesn't allow VBR encoding, see if it can simply make a
WAV file, and then encode it with LAME separately.

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Joel Crump

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should be seeking to protect the First Amendment is seeking to
undermine it by claiming a monopoly on the phrase 'fair and balanced.'"
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trademark infringement.

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