any quality loss converting mp2 to wav? |
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any quality loss converting mp2 to wav? |
 Feb 17 2013, 02:21
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Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 16-May 10 Member No.: 80674  |
i have a live show that was only distributed in mp2 format, and looking for the best way to split the tracks without further loss of quality.
looking to import to audacity, split the tracks and export them as wavs. is there any quality loss when doing this? |
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Feb 17 2013, 03:07
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Group: Super Moderator Posts: 4483 Joined: 23-June 06 Member No.: 32180 |
Technically, converting a lossily encoded stream to an uncompressed one is a lossy process, but it will not result in any numerically or audibly appreciable degradation (usual disclaimer: unless the decoder is horribly broken).
Of course, if you then convert those WAV files to any other lossy format, that’s a particularly lossy process, and you may well hear a reduction in quality there. |
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Feb 17 2013, 03:24
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Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 16-May 10 Member No.: 80674 |
awesome. good to hear. thanks
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Feb 17 2013, 03:47
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Group: Super Moderator Posts: 4483 Joined: 23-June 06 Member No.: 32180 |
Now that I think about it more, MP2 may be possible to split without decoding at all. See whether mp3DirectCut can load and process your files.
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Feb 17 2013, 04:28
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Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 16-May 10 Member No.: 80674 |
sweet. it loads it fine, i just gotta install the mpglib.dll. thanks man
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