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Mr MP-Three

Hi guys just wondering what the best prog to convery to MP3.

I've always used cool edit pro 2 i find the MP3 converter on there to be up to a very high standard.

Just wondering if anyone new of any amazing encoders?

If not i'll stick to cool edit!

Nice

Stick to Cool Edit.

I use dbPoweramp. A really easy and good program with wich you can extend with codecs for whatever filetype.
It costs some money though...
http://www.download.com/dBpowerAmp-...tml?tag=lst-0-1

i used CDEX for a long time, before that, i used audio(something)

i think it was audio catalyst dude!

Old School Program

No way.

Best programs in combination are the following. Hands down. I've used all of those, and so far, these two are the fastest and easiest to configure.

To convert:

Electronic Cosmo Mpeg Suite

To tag:

analogX Tag Master

The only problem with tagmaster is the fact that it doens't tag with the most up-to-date ID3 format (AFAICT).

I could be wrong, however, but WMP uses a more modern format... only thing is I'm not sure if the tag info in WMP is saved as ID3 or if it's put in a separate file somewhere.

If someone could clarify that, that would be awesome.

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Both free BTW .

If it doesn't use LAME, it's lame.

It will get you the best sound quality. Fact.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery If it doesn't use LAME, it's lame. It will get you the best sound quality. Fact.

Werd

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Originally posted by WiKKid sKiLLz i used CDEX for a long time, before that, i used audio(something)

+ 1

prreeeemiuuum...

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery If it doesn't use LAME, it's lame. It will get you the best sound quality. Fact.

In combination with RazorLame as frontend, good combo.

- farris

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery If it doesn't use LAME, it's lame. It will get you the best sound quality. Fact.

If you like, I have a Blade 320, Blade 192, Lame 320, Lame 192, wav 16*48 and Flac 16*48 of the same song sitting on my drive.

I could set up a blind listening test for you and you could tell me which one Lame 320 is

Seriously, it doesn't matter unless you encode under 192. All my songs are either 320 or lossless so it doesn't matter for me, and believe me, you're probably the only one of your friends that can tell the difference between MP3 and wav. I am of mine, that's for damn sure.

I never tried the Razor front end, so maybe that would be the best choice in terms of convenience. I'm sticking with Blade though.

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Originally posted by farris In combination with RazorLame as frontend, good combo. - farris

Yup. That's my choice too.

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If you like, I have a Blade 320, Blade 192, Lame 320, Lame 192, wav 16*48 and Flac 16*48 of the same song sitting on my drive. I could set up a blind listening test for you and you could tell me which one Lame 320 is Seriously, it doesn't matter unless you encode under 192. All my songs are either 320 or lossless so it doesn't matter for me, and believe me, you're probably the only one of your friends that can tell the difference between MP3 and wav. I am of mine, that's for damn sure. I never tried the Razor front end, so maybe that would be the best choice in terms of convenience. I'm sticking with Blade though.

There are differences between different encoders. It's not just random stuff I've made up - every time I've read an article somewhere testing different codecs LAME has always been chosen as the best. Plus it's completely free too.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery There are differences between different encoders. It's not just random stuff I've made up - every time I've read an article somewhere testing different codecs LAME has always been chosen as the best. Plus it's completely free too.

I don't disagree at all. Like I said, I've used quite a few. It's just that they really don't make too much of a difference with MP3 at anything above 192kbps. People claim to be able to tell the difference, but I just did that listening test I mentioned, and couldn't tell the difference between Lame, Blade, and wav, 320, 320 and 16*48 respectively. Mind you, I've never listened side by side like that before, and there weren't any really crisp hats in the song(which is usually the most common place to find distortion in compressed music).

And my mpeg suite stopped working just freaking now for no apparent reason, so looks like I'm switching to razor afterall. @>@

If you are really concerned about quality in compressed music, use lossless formats.

I read somewhere that Lame had a lossless way of compressing. "Mid-Side" compression? But that's not compression, that's preparation for encoding that allows more efficient encoding, AFAIK, and I was under the impression that MP3 was lossy regardless. Anyone have any info? I tried googling it, but didn't get too far. Plus I'm lazy.

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