Posted by NRen2k5 on 11/16/44 11:35

Sure it matters. A well-made MP3 can easily be transparent. Of course
the chances of doing so when reencoding are less.

- NRen2k5

Ðö¢ Vön Rö¢K wrote:

> Obviously you are going to lose sound quality when you lower the
> bitrate but, when you're dealing with mp3s, does it really matter? I
> wouldn't worry about it too much.
>
> "NRen2k5" <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com
> <mailto:napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com>> wrote in message
> news:T8Oqf.50635$dd6.564006@wagner.videotron.net...
> If you still have the original recording which you turned into an
> MP3, use /that/ to make the new MP3.
>
> Making an MP3 from another MP3 will result in a loss of sound quality.
>
> - NRen2k5
>
> Ðö¢ Vön Rö¢K wrote:
>
>><al.lpool@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:1135247307.097882.327250@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>>Hi all
>>>
>>>I've created an mp3 of my own music but its huge. Its 8meg. All my
>>>other mp3's are smaller but i used a different program on this song.
>>>
>>>Is there any way I can make this smaller even though its already been
>>>created as mp3?
>>>
>>>Many thanks
>>>
>>>Al
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>Yeah, you can lower the bitrate. Grab the following program:
>>
>>http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
>>
>>Just follow the directions to lower the bitrate to something like 128. I
>>wouldn't go any lower than that.
>>
>>
>>
>>

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