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Mp3PRO....

So I just got MM7.2 and am considering converting my collection over to save me hella space and a few bucks cuz I wont have to buy another HDD.. Just want some input before I go fer it. Any thoughts on quality loss in conversion, overal quality of Mp3PRO format or anything else?

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate.

-Marc

I've only used the format a little bit for livesets (when DJmixes2k used mp3pro for a few sets). Anyways, I'm not really sure how much better the quality is. There is a possibility that converting an mp3 to an mp3pro file could make it sound bad.. because you a using 2 different types of compression. ie: I've used OGG before and in the readme it says you defintely should not convert mp3 to ogg or vice versa, because they use different compression methods (you could be losing a lot of the sound data because each compression method removes a different part of the data. Just something to think about. I suggest you take maybe 5 or so songs that you have on mp3, and make an mp3pro file of each of them, and compare. Good luck.

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I suggest you take maybe 5 or so songs that you have on mp3, and make an mp3pro file of each of them, and compare. Good luck.

Yeah, I did that with all my GU cds... ive read a lot about ogg and know that the parts that each throws away are MUCH different and that is why converting mp3 to ogg is such a terrible idea. Mp3 and Mp3PRO, as far as I know, throw the same parts and the only difference is the method of compression of the higher frequencies. I just want to make sure I'm not making a huge mistake cuz once its done and I've deleted all the old MP3s there's no turning back!

Thanks.

-Marc

Well if they still sound good, and mp3 and mp3pro both use the same area for compression.. then I say go for it.

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