I've always considered Windows Media Audio (WMA) to be of lower-quality. However, when ripping music from a CD, which format would you go with if you had to choose between these two:
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what are CDs?
Jun-08-2009 14:15
Azz3D
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As far as I know WMA is not lossless
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Jun-08-2009 14:27
Acton
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Location: London
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Originally posted by tubularbills
what are CDs?
Apparently they are going to replace cassette tapes, I'm not too sure they will though.
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quote:
Originally posted by Acton
Apparently they are going to replace cassette tapes, I'm not to sure they will though.
talk about lossless!
Jun-08-2009 14:28
KiNeTiC ENeRgY
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Location: Boca Raton
quote:
Originally posted by tubularbills
what are CDs?
Jun-08-2009 14:30
CGRumler
Master of the Hadouken
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Indiana
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Originally posted by Azz3D
As far as I know WMA is not lossless
Well, I rip my CD's via the Zune software. One of the format options that it gives you to use for ripping is "Windows Media Audio (Lossless)". It says that the bitrate varies between 370 kbps and around 430 kbps.
It definitely offers me the highest amount of quality and will use up the most disk space (which I don't mind at all), but I still have my doubts about WMA....
WMA lossless will preserve the original sound of the file (and will therefore sound better), but MP3 is a more accepted and workable format.
Jun-08-2009 14:47
CGRumler
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Indiana
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Originally posted by Domesticated
FLAC or WAV would be best, but if you have your heart set on either of those two formats, you have to make a decision.
WMA lossless will preserve the original sound of the file (and will therefore sound better), but MP3 is a more accepted and workable format.
Thanks for this.
I'm mostly just thinking about what format I will be playing my CD's on my Zune. I have my entire music library on my 80 GB Zune, but I'm only using up around 25 GB of that. Most of it is music at or around 198 kbps. I just figure that I have the extra space on it for better audio quality.
But, as far as I know, the Zune players won't playback WAV files (which is absolute madness).
Oh I see. I didn't know about the WMV lossless codec
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Summary of an ASOT episode:
- The newest tunes selected!!!! the hottest tracks in a row!!!! here is your host arrrrrmin van buuuuuuuuhreeennnnnhnnhhn
- hello and welcome glad u cud join us this is a state of trance episode blah blah blah
- waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah waaaaaaaaaaaaah whineeeeeeeeeeeee blah blaaaaaaaaah
- that was the newest track by blah bla and before that was blaaaaaaah
- waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....the end
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Jun-08-2009 14:55
gehzumteufel
In your ass
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: so cal
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Originally posted by CGRumler
But, as far as I know, the Zune players won't playback WAV files (which is absolute madness).
Are you serious?! That is whack!
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