Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Audio Formats

My last post was about what I use to grab my audio CDs and put them on my PC.

A question that will possibly come up is "what format should I save my music to?"

I personally recommend that either you use a lossless format (my preference is FLAC), or if you need it to be in MP3 format for an older music player, then use MP3 320kbps CBR.

Keep in mind, that using a lossless format means that you have 100% of the audio data.  You can always use those files to create lossy files (like MP3) at a later point.  For example, I make CDs with 50 MP3 96kbps songs on them to play in my motorcycle CD player.  Since I'm flying along at 65 mph, I don't need the real high quality MP3 formats... instead I want more music variety for the long rides without repeating the songs.

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