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Posted by eMin on Oct-29-2003 00:40:

is OGG better than mp3?

this is what i heard from other forums, i could like to know if OGG is better than MP3 in sound quality, i might want to try OGG in good sound system

/quote /b i choose OGG as it is easy to setup and the file sizes are very small while still keeping the quality of the original. /b /quote

Posted by EnigmaT on Oct-29-2003 02:25:

OGG sucks. First off, it's a pain in the ass to find any way to convert OGG to MP3. Nothing plays OGG, and most people never even heard of OGG.

OGG is a compressed sound file that takes up less space than an MP3 without loosing quality in the sound (I think). It's only purpose is to save space. I have like 30 OGG songs from last year that I haven't bothered to convert because it's time consuming.

Posted by arctic on Oct-29-2003 12:08:

quote:
Originally posted by EnigmaT
OGG sucks. First off, it's a pain in the ass to find any way to convert OGG to MP3. Nothing plays OGG, and most people never even heard of OGG.

OGG is a compressed sound file that takes up less space than an MP3 without loosing quality in the sound (I think). It's only purpose is to save space. I have like 30 OGG songs from last year that I haven't bothered to convert because it's time consuming.

*Invades american forums*

Wrong.

Winamp can play them, dbpoweramp can convert them, and they're better quality. So in short, yes, they are better

Posted by Vlad on Oct-29-2003 16:36:

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Originally posted by arctic
*Invades american forums*

Wrong.

Winamp can play them, dbpoweramp can convert them, and they're better quality. So in short, yes, they are better

I dont think so, I think ogg plays at 64 or 48 kbps - I used to have loads of ogg files cause I wanted to save space. The sound quality is better on mp3's.

Posted by arctic on Oct-31-2003 10:47:

quote:
Originally posted by Vlad
I dont think so, I think ogg plays at 64 or 48 kbps - I used to have loads of ogg files cause I wanted to save space. The sound quality is better on mp3's.

eh?

So they were encoded at 64/48. Well in that case, of course the sound quality isn't going to be any good, because they're encoded at a low bitrate. Encode them at 192 or something like that

Posted by St_Andrew on Oct-31-2003 17:56:

quote:
Originally posted by EnigmaT
OGG sucks. First off, it's a pain in the ass to find any way to convert OGG to MP3. Nothing plays OGG, and most people never even heard of OGG.

OGG is a compressed sound file that takes up less space than an MP3 without loosing quality in the sound (I think). It's only purpose is to save space. I have like 30 OGG songs from last year that I haven't bothered to convert because it's time consuming.

*invader nr 2*

OGG is open so ther are loads of (open source) programs out there which can handle OGG and convert it from/to other formats! and besides OGG has better quality when it comes to the sound too

Posted by Vlad on Oct-31-2003 18:29:

quote:
Originally posted by arctic
eh?

So they were encoded at 64/48. Well in that case, of course the sound quality isn't going to be any good, because they're encoded at a low bitrate. Encode them at 192 or something like that

If you can find a program that controls the bitrate of ogg files, please do inform me, because to my knowledge there arent any programs that control the bitrate at which you convert.

Posted by St_Andrew on Oct-31-2003 18:35:

http://www.vorbis.com/software.psp?pid=2