Re: Converting .mp3 to .m4a (AAC .mp4)
"Gordon Harris" <[email protected]> Sat, 10 Jan 2004 14:50:20 -0700
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My understanding is that the general consensus is that any size gain you might achieve through converting mp3s to aacs is offset by a quality degradation induced by any "tanscoding" operation (any conversion from one lossy codec to another.) If you are running out of space on your iPod, Steve Jobs would love it if you bought a 2nd one. Otherwise, transcode away...just be prepared for some loss of sound quality, even though aac allegedly has better specs than mp3. Ephpod isn't an encoding application, so it won't do that kind of conversion. iTunes should do what you want to do. You might also try Poikosoft's Easy CD-DA extractor. http://poikosoft.com It includes an audio format conversion utility that has worked very well for me. I think that the freely downloadable version includes a 15 day trial. For myself, I've yet to be overwhelmed by any aac encoded material at the quality levels I like to listen at. I'm still hearing artifacts that I don't hear in mp3s. The only material that I've found that consistently sounds better encoded via aac is 60's and 70's analog harpsicord recordings (e.g. Gustav Leonhardt's recordings.) So, for now, I'm continuing to encode everthing as mp3, vbr, highest quality. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Michael R. Habel Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 1:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ephpod] Converting .mp3 to .m4a (AAC .mp4) Hay I got a question about Ephpod Ver 2.75. Can I use Ephpod to convert .mp3's into .m4a's (AAC .mp4's) Or am I forced to use iTunes to do this type of conversion?? ------------------------------------------------------ ephPod Mailing List FAQ and HomePage http://www.ephpod.com mailto:[email protected] to susbcribe mailto:[email protected] to unsusbcribe mailto:[email protected] the mailing-list itself ------------------------------------------------------ ephPod Mailing List FAQ and HomePage http://www.ephpod.com mailto:[email protected] to susbcribe mailto:[email protected] to unsusbcribe mailto:[email protected] the mailing-list itself