Converting CD into AAC Files
Reply #1 – 2005-11-22 18:30:50
After alot of debating around I decided to do 192 AAC then LAME-Mp3 192, since I am going to use the AAC files only for my Ipod and personal computer (Hope i'm doing the right thing..) Well, I don't see the reason for having both AAC and MP3 files at the same bitrate. At 192 kbps, lame 3.97b1 with settings "-V 2" or "-V 2 --vbr-new" (new, faster VBR encoding system, -V 2 --vbr-new should give about the same quality as standard -V 2 at double speed) should be really enough. I doubt you can hear many differences in audio quality, and ipod should play mp3 without problems, too. So I would stick to mp3 and forget aac, but it's your decision.Until now I used Itunes to convert CD files into AAC, but I really hate Itunes, I really do He limited the file name lengh, he doesn't let you use tags for filenames and the lack of options disturbe me. Sorry, I can't say anything about itunes, because I don't use it.Then I set my Itunes to use 192 AAC, with 48,000 streo and VBR option is right. Now, my question it (Finally) - Am I doing it right? I not so great in all what comes with tech sound, but my ear can detect bad setting. Any other setting I should Check/Uncheck for the Riping and encoding process to be better? [a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=344203"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a] Why 48000?? Is it the sampling rate (48kHz)? If it is, I would HIGHLY recommend to remove that switch from your config, because cd's are sampled at 44.1kHz and this resampling would be pointless as far as I can see. Leave it at the original sampling rate for best quality. I don't know what settings to set, because I'm not familiar with iTunes in any way, but I really think it's not necessary to maintain both aac and mp3 files at the same bitrate. But surely someone else might help you with the settings of iTunes aac encoder.