Transcoding MPC to OGG

2003-03-08 03:31:40

I'm really considering starting an Internet radio broadcast, with Oddcast/Icecast 2/OGG.

I don't have enough room on my hard drive to store all the music as APE Monkey's Audio... is there any good MPC setting in which transcoding to OGG -q1 won't cause a noticable drop in quality (compared to transcoding from a lossless source)?

Transcoding MPC to OGG

Reply #1 – 2003-03-08 05:28:45

With OGG -q1, I doubt that it matters all that much. If you HAVE to transcode from MPC, just make the MPCs -q8 -xlevel - that should be pretty safe for going to OGG -q1.

Transcoding MPC to OGG

Reply #2 – 2003-03-08 06:04:36

if you are going vorbis -q1 i doubt there will be much difference between a mpc -q5 or -q8 transcode..  Its not going to be stellar quality either way. I'd go with -q5 and save space myself.

Transcoding MPC to OGG

Reply #3 – 2003-03-08 19:48:09

Also, can you use replay gain with MPC?

Like, encode the MPC so that it will be normalized (by song) during playback?

Transcoding MPC to OGG

Reply #4 – 2003-03-08 19:53:04

Yes, you can replaygain mpcs.