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Title: Some questions about WMA
Post by: William on 2002-04-27 04:27:30

Hi,

I would like to know the maximum bit rate allowed in WMA. I remembered somebody said it is 160kbps because "Microsoft claimed that WMA has the same quality as MP3 at half of its bit rate". However, my friend created some WMA files at 192kbps. So what is the maximum bit rate allowed in WMA?

Regards,
William

Title: Some questions about WMA
Post by: ff123 on 2002-04-27 04:29:30

The max bitrate using the command line program (wm8eutil.exe) is 192 kbit/s. Both 44.1 and 48 kHz sampling is supported.

ff123

Title: Some questions about WMA
Post by: William on 2002-04-27 06:06:09

Thanks!

Title: Some questions about WMA
Post by: deranger on 2002-04-27 10:35:19

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The max bitrate using the command line program (wm8eutil.exe) is 192 kbit/s.

I've heard that you can play 192kbps WMA ONLY at the computer which was used for encoding. Is it wrong ?
Or is it true only for some versions of WMA encoder ?

Title: Some questions about WMA
Post by: CiTay on 2002-04-27 13:20:30

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Originally posted by deranger

I've heard that you can play 192kbps WMA ONLY at the computer which was used for encoding. Is it wrong ?
Or is it true only for some versions of WMA encoder ?

Only when the option "protect content" is turned on, i think (Windows Media Player - Extras - Options - copy music)...

HydrogenAudio

Lossy Audio Compression => Other Lossy Codecs => Topic started by: William on 2002-04-27 04:27:30