What Bitrate do YOU Encode in?

**Raven** · November 21st, 2003, 09:55 AM

Personally I think that the 128kbps file is out of date. I beleive that we should abandon it and switch over to 192kbps and above.

What do you think?

**SimbaK2K** · November 21st, 2003, 10:13 AM

320kbps ogg vorbis baby yea!!! Altho thats only for my encodings. Most net music is 192 and mp3 :\

**RecalcitrantX** · November 21st, 2003, 10:17 AM

192/mp3 -- I really don't notice a considerable increase in quality at any higher bitrates...and if there is, it's not worth the extra HD space that it takes.

**RJ5500** · November 21st, 2003, 10:19 AM

If it's Mp3 files, I encode in 224k VBR (with the Lame 3.92 encoder)

If it's Mp4 files, I use Nero 6's "audiophile" setting for ~256k VBR quality.

I encode OGG in 400k+ quality. I don't use OGG much.

**Ea$y_E** · November 21st, 2003, 10:21 AM

500kbps - ogg
or
64 - 320 mp3 vbr

it really depends on the type of music though.
i found that the vbr mp3s tend to emphasize more the highs where as the oggs emphasize the lows

**lordpake** · November 21st, 2003, 10:26 AM

When ripping mp3's I use 192 vbr...seems to be good enough

**Pebbles100** · November 21st, 2003, 10:36 AM

I don't really care for 128, and I wish people would stop using it too. I like 192, that's perfect for my use.

**Contra** · November 21st, 2003, 10:46 AM

Lossless "ape" format only....

**mr.jip** · November 21st, 2003, 11:25 AM

ape, arent those files like...well big. Anyway yea i use 192kbps

**origin** · November 21st, 2003, 11:50 AM

I use 192 kbps VBR lame. good size and quality.not awesome not horrible so somewhere in the middle that I find to be satisfactory.

l8

**zaphodiv** · November 21st, 2003, 12:01 PM

128kbps

There is 60dBa of noise in here from the pile of puters and my drives are allways full.

XtraNtnse · November 21st, 2003, 12:02 PM

.wav -1411kbps

**shawners** · November 21st, 2003, 12:27 PM

one thing 128 got so popular, is the file size isnt too big, and back then MODEMs was slow, the hArd drive was SMALL.. Their was just useless to have big mp3 files, now todays age its greater to have a 320 kbys or 384 variable byte rate =)