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mp3master1215
July 25th, 2003, 04:54 PM
What is the best mp3 compession program that will make an mp3 file the smallest possible or near the smallest possible?
isus
July 25th, 2003, 05:19 PM
mp3's dont work like that. once you make them, that's generally as small as they get.
zipping them doesnt make them much smaller.
i dont use rar, but my guess would still be that you can't compress something i already compressed.
mp3master1215
July 25th, 2003, 05:48 PM
but is there something like mp3pro but smaller than that. hmm
Psilaxs
July 25th, 2003, 06:05 PM
Originally posted by mp3master1215
but is there something like mp3pro but smaller than that. hmm
Mp3 pro, only works up to 64 kilobits, and is supposed to sound equal to a 128Kbit Mp3.
other then that, no, a 160 kilobit mp3 will be the same size regardless of what program you use to encode it.
Although sound quality varies widely between encoders.
Inverted Whale
July 25th, 2003, 06:07 PM
Don't compress things with a lossy encoder more than once.
mp3 is a lossy format, so please don't use any program that claims to compress them further.
In the best case, the audio will sound like shit, in the worst case your soul will be condemned to Hell.
Serps
July 25th, 2003, 06:12 PM
You should check out this Click me (http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=12838&highlight=mp3pro/)
Rickio
July 25th, 2003, 06:30 PM
The smaller you make your mp3 file, the worse the sound quality will be.
Its best to stick around 192kbps and higher in my opinion. Quality is more desireable then small size.
EAC and CDEX are the best mp3 encoders. Find them with a google search.
peace
mp3master1215
July 25th, 2003, 06:33 PM
thanx !
Nothingface5384
July 25th, 2003, 06:57 PM
i like DBpoweramp, pretty sweet tool
www.dbpoweramp.com
Rahwgwar
July 25th, 2003, 07:35 PM
Use EAC or Cdex as Rickio mentioned. From what I know, both use secure mode. Use Lame 3.92 to encode.....I don't recommend 3.93 simply because it was a little buggy.
And of course dbPowerAmp is a great tool for those songs that you don't rip yourself. I convert every song I download to --alt-preset standard.....especially useful when d/l those crap quality songs from *cough kazaa cough*......
Criminal_Sniper
August 5th, 2003, 07:08 AM
eac and lame encoder with a good preset if u find some info use a profile or something vbr at 192k will make em about the size of 128k files or smaller at times but better quality all my cds i got i encoded like that they are perfect better than most downloads
simian
August 5th, 2003, 07:50 AM
An excellent guide can be found here:
The Quintessential Guide to Creating High Quality MP3s by Chris Myden (http://www.afterdawn.com/articles/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm)
Criminal_Sniper
August 5th, 2003, 08:04 AM
thats the link i was going to post but some reason couldnt find so yeah thats it so good :)
works great for me nice sizes and quality
cmyden
August 25th, 2003, 08:27 PM
Just a note to Rahwgwar:
When you say you 'convert every song you download' what you are really doing is decompressing the song and encoding it again.
This is very bad.
You are better off with the original MP3, no matter how it was encoded.
Every time you encode, you degrade the sound further. You need to encode the original .WAVs ripped from the CD.
chris