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Lossy Audio Compression => MP3 => MP3 - Tech => Topic started by: Opeth on 2003-06-24 11:56:02

Title: Re-encode mp3 128 to higher w/ winlame
Post by: Opeth on 2003-06-24 11:56:02
some time my full albums has some 128 kbps songs

I use winlame to re-encode them to 192 and the song sound betters

is this true? or my ears are bad
Title: Re-encode mp3 128 to higher w/ winlame
Post by: 2Bdecided on 2003-06-24 12:02:52
Sorry opeth - you're imagining it.

When the mp3 was encoded at 128kbps, a lot of the information was thrown away. Now it's gone forever.

Re-encoding to 192kbps doesn't bring any information back - in fact, it throws a little more away!


This thread is about something similar - the discussion may help:

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....=ST&f=15&t=6938 (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=15&t=6938)

Cheers,
David.
Title: Re-encode mp3 128 to higher w/ winlame
Post by: dev0 on 2003-06-24 12:06:20
The latest winLAME version should even show a warning when trying to transcode/reencode! Didn't you read it? It states that doing so might severly degrade sound quality and is not a recommended process at all and the functionality should only be used by users who know what they are doing.

dev0
Title: Re-encode mp3 128 to higher w/ winlame
Post by: sld on 2003-06-24 12:07:07
No, don't transcode, because you are getting poorer audio quality at higher file sizes, in your case. Bad combination.
Title: Re-encode mp3 128 to higher w/ winlame
Post by: honz318712 on 2003-06-24 12:42:37
Transcoding from 128 to 192 is more better...  I have listeneding tests and they show it betterer
Title: Re-encode mp3 128 to higher w/ winlame
Post by: GenjuroXL on 2003-06-24 12:44:25
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Transcoding from 128 to 192 is more better...  I have listeneding tests and they show it betterer





Title: Re-encode mp3 128 to higher w/ winlame
Post by: JohnV on 2003-06-24 12:46:51
Hmm.. seems that somebody has forgotten this from FAQ. Added in 2 places.
Title: Re-encode mp3 128 to higher w/ winlame
Post by: Peter on 2003-06-24 12:47:25
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Transcoding from 128 to 192 is more better...  I have listeneding tests and they show it betterer

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