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Are all audio converters the same?

After using MediaHuman Audio converter for years to convert all my WAV rips into AIFFs, FLACs and MP3s; I wondered if different audio converters affect the audio in anyway?

Also, I found that MediaHuman does not preserve ID3 tags so if you have any suggestions for a new converter for me (must be able to do AIFF and FLAC) then please do suggest some


Thanks in advance

Are all audio converters the same?

Reply #1 –
Quote from: Jeffajam on
After using MediaHuman Audio converter for years to convert all my WAV rips into AIFFs, FLACs and MP3s; I wondered if different audio converters affect the audio in anyway?

Also, I found that MediaHuman does not preserve ID3 tags so if you have any suggestions for a new converter for me (must be able to do AIFF and FLAC) then please do suggest some


Thanks in advance


If both programs are using the same codec to do the conversion, then only the options are responsible for the changes. Converters are mostly just an interface (GUI) for codecs.
 

Are all audio converters the same?

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It uses:
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ffmpeg version 2.4.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Nov 27 2014 17:38:32 with gcc 4.8.2 (i686-posix-dwarf-rev3, Built by MinGW-W64 project)
  configuration:
  libavutil      54.  7.100 / 54.  7.100
  libavcodec     56.  1.100 / 56.  1.100
  libavformat    56.  4.101 / 56.  4.101
  libavdevice    56.  0.100 / 56.  0.100
  libavfilter     5.  1.100 /  5.  1.100
  libswscale      3.  0.100 /  3.  0.100
  libswresample   1.  1.100 /  1.  1.100
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