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Hydrogenaudio Forum => General Audio => Topic started by: atdi198d on 2013-02-17 01:21:10

Title: any quality loss converting mp2 to wav?
Post by: atdi198d on 2013-02-17 01:21:10
i have a live show that was only distributed in mp2 format, and looking for the best way to split the tracks without further loss of quality.
looking to import to audacity, split the tracks and export them as wavs.
is there any quality loss when doing this?
Title: any quality loss converting mp2 to wav?
Post by: db1989 on 2013-02-17 02:07:14
Technically, converting a lossily encoded stream to an uncompressed one is a lossy process, but it will not result in any numerically or audibly appreciable degradation (usual disclaimer: unless the decoder is horribly broken).

Of course, if you then convert those WAV files to any other lossy format, that’s a particularly lossy process, and you may well hear a reduction in quality there.
Title: any quality loss converting mp2 to wav?
Post by: atdi198d on 2013-02-17 02:24:44
awesome. good to hear. thanks
Title: any quality loss converting mp2 to wav?
Post by: db1989 on 2013-02-17 02:47:31
Now that I think about it more, MP2 may be possible to split without decoding at all. See whether mp3DirectCut (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html) can load and process your files.
Title: any quality loss converting mp2 to wav?
Post by: atdi198d on 2013-02-17 03:28:46
sweet. it loads it fine, i just gotta install the mpglib.dll. thanks man
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