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Topic: CBR 320(HIGH QUALITY) to VBR(V0) (Read 16980 times) previous topic - next topic
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CBR 320(HIGH QUALITY) to VBR(V0)

Reply #25
I read your first sentences assuming you were discussing the topic at hand.  I see now that you were talking about converting from the original which is not what the topic is about.

I intepreted the topic as, "Will transcoding reduce quality, and if so, what can I do to keep that from happening?" As such, I thought it was relevant to point out that re-ripping his CDs and encoding to a different setting would produce better quality than transcoding his current MP3 collection. Unfortunately, since he obtained his music illegally, doing that isn't an option for him.

CBR 320(HIGH QUALITY) to VBR(V0)

Reply #26
Understood.

Regarding legality, it is not illegal in all countries to have digital copies of music without owning the original sources.  In the country where his forum is hosted, downloading copyrighted material or burning a copy for a friend (or borrowing from a friend, for that matter) is perfectly legal.

CBR 320(HIGH QUALITY) to VBR(V0)

Reply #27
This advice is too late for the OP, but had he chosen as his first lossy format some lossy version of lossless (lossy WAV, etc.) then the results when transcoding to mp3 would probably have turned out much better than cbr to vbr mp3.

 

CBR 320(HIGH QUALITY) to VBR(V0)

Reply #28
This advice is too late for the OP, but had he chosen as his first lossy format some lossy version of lossless (lossy WAV, etc.) then the results when transcoding to mp3 would probably have turned out much better than cbr to vbr mp3.

The issue, as has been noted a few times above, isn't CBR to VBR, but just lossy to lossy. CBR to CBR mp3 or VBR to VBR mp3 or VBR to CBR mp3 would all pose the same problem. (pdq may well know this and just be referencing the OP's specific case, but I just wanted to clarify again)
God kills a kitten every time you encode with CBR 320