Hey guys,
I was just ripping my CDs to WavPack, and I noticed that in foobar2000, one can select "bit depth" for losssless conversions. It was set to 16 by default. Do I really need to set it any higher?
Thanks,
nazgulord.
P.S. - Sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum - I was wondering whether to put it in General Audio or here...
Hey guys,
I was just ripping my CDs to WavPack, and I noticed that in foobar2000, one can select "bit depth" for losssless conversions. It was set to 16 by default. Do I really need to set it any higher?
Lossless formats have an actual bitdepth associated with the encoded audio. Lossy formats do not (since the output bitdepth is decided by the decoder). You should select the "keep lossless sources at original bitdepth" option.
CDs are 16-bit anyway; increasing bit-depth would not increase quality. Activate the option which Mike mentioned and you won't need to worry again.
Thanks guys .
If CDs are only 16-bit, why is there an option for higher bit depths?
Thanks,
nazgulord.
CDs are not the only source you can encode with wavpack
So 32-bit would apply to, say, voice recordings?
nazgulord.
Voice samples used in speech synthesis / recognition / etc. tend to be 8 bit mono.
beto is most likely referring to DVD-A and SACD