[plug] Prefered Music Format

[Brad Campbell]

Senectus . wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 22:53:39 +0800, Leon Brooks <leon at brooks.fdns.net> wrote:
> 
>>On Saturday 27 November 2004 17:23, Timothy White wrote:
>>
>>>I converted a CD worth of MP3's to OGG and discovered that
>>>every single song increased in size (20-30% increase)
>>
>>Re-rip them or convert from the WAVs/CDDAs if you have them.
>>
>>Ogg will generally come out smaller for the same settings, and
>>re-ripping them will retain top quality as well as shrinking them,
>>where converting between lossy formats buys you the worst of both
>>worlds (worst quality, worst compression).
>>
> 
> I concur.. 
> I use mostly ogg format (ripped directly from CD), I can use a higher
> bit rate and get a better quality sound and STILL have my files
> smaller than MP3...


How is that possible? "I can use a higher bit rate ... and STILL have my files smaller.."?

The file size is entirely dependant on the bit rate! No matter what the encoding, 3 minutes of 
160kbps is still 3 minutes of 160kbps.

Please expline?

-- 
Brad
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