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Which lossy format are you using?

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rc55 View Member Profile	Jul 5 2002, 23:42 Post #1
Group: Members Posts: 366 Joined: 15-October 01 From: Exeter, UK. Member No.: 300	A classic question with varied answers, I'm sure. Be as elaborate about your choice, settings and setup as possible. Do you find that the universal mp3 format is good enough for you? Perhaps you like the free ride of ogg vorbis? Is AAC your future format of choice? Is MPC meeting your demands precisely? Or perhaps you've decided to stick with a previous tool and use the DRM plagued formats, RM or WMA. Ruairi (edit) Explanations: CODE MP3 Mpeg-1 Audio Layer 3 OGG Ogg Vorbis AAC MPEG2/4 Advanced Audio Coding MPC MusePack WMA Windows Media Audio RM RealMedia VQF Vector Quantisation Format MP3Pro MP3+SBR Lossless APE/FLAC/OptimFrog/LPAC... Other LQT/AupecG2/QDX/MP2/WAV/... -------------------- rc55.com - nothing going on

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Negative Zero View Member Profile	Jul 9 2002, 08:51 Post #2
Group: Members Posts: 248 Joined: 16-March 02 From: Toronto, Ontario Member No.: 1534	I mostly stick to LAME --alt-preset standard -Y encoded MP3's for most of my digital audio files because of the size, quality, and hardware playback support (on my iRiver SlimX). Every once in a while, I do encode a few tracks into MPC, but until I see hardware support for that format, I can't be bothered to give up MP3 in favor of MPC.

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rc55 Which lossy format are you using? Jul 5 2002, 23:42

rc55 I'm using MPC for the time being, because its supe... Jul 5 2002, 23:49

Pri3st Mp3. It's just enough good for my ears:) And it's... Jul 5 2002, 23:50

rjamorim Blah. Does anybody here still doesn't know which f... Jul 5 2002, 23:55

rc55 For those who havent been Roberto'd, he's using AA... Jul 5 2002, 23:58

HotshotGG Ogg Vorbis, it's free, it's open, it's smooth, an... Jul 6 2002, 00:03

Phobos Maybe AAC is the only format right now that has tr... Jul 6 2002, 00:19

westgroveg Only on this forum will you see MPC the most used ... Jul 6 2002, 01:35

macdaddy I used to use MusePack. I was very happy with the ... Jul 6 2002, 02:30

smg It's MPC for me and of course everyone should know... Jul 6 2002, 03:03

DigitalMan :naughty: Well, liking the Monkey and transcode o... Jul 6 2002, 05:57

andy2kxp MPC in general and Monkey's for archiving Jul 6 2002, 08:55

shday ogg seems to be catching up in the poll. Maybe it... Jul 6 2002, 12:27

dev0 I'm playing around with Ogg and MPC at the moment.... Jul 6 2002, 13:17

Volcano MPC --xtreme for me at the moment (and sometimes, ... Jul 6 2002, 13:37

rocketsauce Started out with MP3 (LAME insane), but then read ... Jul 6 2002, 13:43

Frank Klemm The kind of the question and the possible answers ... Jul 6 2002, 14:18

Corsair Started with LAME, but it turned out that MP3 just... Jul 6 2002, 14:23

fewtch QUOTE Originally posted by rocketsauce The last c... Jul 6 2002, 14:27

shday hmm, I voted for ogg because it was my "favorite"... Jul 6 2002, 14:38

Phobos But wtf, lets hope that vorbis gets real good qual... Jul 6 2002, 16:23

lucpes 56 GB in MPC and only 1GB of mp3s (rare stuff but ... Jul 6 2002, 16:44

smok3 different formats, but my choice for future will b... Jul 6 2002, 16:46

lucpes QUOTE Originally posted by smok3 -mpc for home mu... Jul 6 2002, 16:49

silver_cpu I use MPC myself, and have found it more than adeq... Jul 6 2002, 17:03

rjamorim QUOTE Originally posted by silver_cpu I too am am... Jul 6 2002, 17:18

AgentMil Would I be correct to say "99% of the people out t... Jul 6 2002, 17:27

rjamorim QUOTE Originally posted by AgentMil Would I be co... Jul 6 2002, 17:31

CiTay QUOTE Originally posted by rjamorim Nope, becaus... Jul 6 2002, 17:35

silver_cpu It will likely stay WMA-free for a while, anyway. ... Jul 6 2002, 18:13

Emmett_v2 Hmm. I guess it all depends on the application. W... Jul 6 2002, 18:37

Cygnus X1 Re: WMA pro. It will be highly amusing (and intere... Jul 6 2002, 18:45

iwod I use either MPC or Ogg. And since frank has decid... Jul 6 2002, 19:07

CiTay QUOTE Originally posted by iwod I use either MPC ... Jul 6 2002, 19:16

B I switched from MP3 to MPC a while back, and i'm v... Jul 6 2002, 19:51

fewtch QUOTE Originally posted by silver_cpu Off-topic: ... Jul 6 2002, 20:16

rocketsauce QUOTE Why, will they be making hard drives that do... Jul 6 2002, 20:45

macdaddy With a RAID, the risk of file loss due to disk dri... Jul 7 2002, 11:15

Sachankara I use AAC for storing my music on the HD, MP3 for ... Jul 7 2002, 12:44

gnoshi Seems I'm running as a bit of an exception. I answ... Jul 8 2002, 00:45

David Nordin I went from mp3 --ape some time back to MPC, and I... Jul 8 2002, 06:40

sam I chose MPC although I'm not a serious user as yet... Jul 8 2002, 14:07

smok3 QUOTE Originally posted by fewtch Vinyl records t... Jul 8 2002, 21:44

rjamorim Yes. iZotope Vinyl (It's a DirectX filter, BTW) h... Jul 8 2002, 22:08

smok3 QUOTE Originally posted by rjamorim Yes. iZotope ... Jul 9 2002, 01:50

wtkwest I had been using .mp3 with a cbr of 192, until I s... Jul 9 2002, 02:23

rjamorim QUOTE Originally posted by wtkwest The overwhelmi... Jul 9 2002, 02:28

rjamorim QUOTE Originally posted by CiTay But it fills me ... Jul 9 2002, 02:41

Dezibel i'm using mpc in general. i switched to lossless ... Jul 9 2002, 03:10

silver_cpu Well, not necessarily flamed, just mostly ignored.... Jul 9 2002, 03:54

Benjamin Lebsanft vqf better than mp3 or vorbis and mpc ? What speak... Jul 9 2002, 05:28

Negative Zero I mostly stick to LAME --alt-preset standard -Y en... Jul 9 2002, 08:51

lucpes QUOTE Originally posted by Dezibel ...a few albu... Jul 9 2002, 12:27

Dezibel QUOTE Originally posted by lucpes And here we g... Jul 9 2002, 12:31

Dezibel QUOTE Originally posted by silver_cpu Dezibel, I ... Jul 9 2002, 12:46

God eat God Aim bit-rate: ~150 - ~170 Type of music: very com... Jul 13 2002, 06:04

Dibrom QUOTE Originally posted by God eat God So, will ... Jul 13 2002, 06:15

Dibrom QUOTE Originally posted by Dezibel i agree that -... Jul 13 2002, 06:21

God eat God QUOTE Originally posted by Dibrom Yes. [b] I'... Jul 13 2002, 06:29

Dibrom QUOTE Originally posted by God eat God 10x dibr... Jul 13 2002, 06:39

Neo Neko QUOTE Originally posted by lucpes And here we g... Jul 13 2002, 07:23

SometimesWarrior QUOTE Originally posted by Dibrom Umm... am I und... Jul 13 2002, 09:45

KikeG I use MP3, LAME --alt-preset standard --lowpass 18... Jul 13 2002, 09:51

Dibrom QUOTE Originally posted by SometimesWarrior Well ... Jul 13 2002, 22:33

stoff Ack... pick your poison, right? Well, I'm quite h... Jul 13 2002, 22:33

wtkwest QUOTE Originally posted by silver_cpu If you simp... Jul 14 2002, 21:39

Dezibel QUOTE Originally posted by Dibrom The problem i... Jul 14 2002, 22:55

CiTay Lifeless? This is a completely psychological pheno... Jul 14 2002, 23:10

JohnV QUOTE Originally posted by CiTay Lifeless? This i... Jul 14 2002, 23:33

Phobos omg who voted fotr wma and vqf??? there should be... Jul 15 2002, 01:15

Dezibel QUOTE Originally posted by CiTay Lifeless? This i... Jul 15 2002, 01:57

fewtch Dezibel... I think you make a good point regarding... Jul 15 2002, 02:10

CiTay I'm still sticking to what i said. Did you ever h... Jul 15 2002, 02:40

Phobos Is placebo effect just an effect i can get rid off... Jul 15 2002, 03:32

CiTay QUOTE Originally posted by Phobos Is placebo effe... Jul 15 2002, 03:50

Dezibel QUOTE Originally posted by CiTay I'm still sticki... Jul 15 2002, 04:03

smok3 QUOTE It only takes a short time factor into accou... Jul 15 2002, 04:52

Dibrom QUOTE Originally posted by Dezibel @fewtch: i ag... Jul 15 2002, 05:00

pantheranddawg CiTay's example of a placebo effect is an excellen... Jul 15 2002, 05:19

tecxx EAC for ripping, oggdrop for encoding and winamp f... Jul 18 2002, 17:33

Mac Seems I am one of very few to use aac! And I'm fi... Aug 5 2002, 09:50

manni EAC & oggenc.exe combination is in high use. W... Nov 15 2002, 12:03

JLP Ogg Vorbis. Nov 23 2002, 17:29

MadiZone QUOTE (Phobos @ Jul 15 2002 - 03:32 AM)Is pla... Nov 23 2002, 18:08

KikeG ABX results may get influenced from tireness/stres... Nov 25 2002, 09:47

hsc Well, how can I select "Lossless" when t... Nov 25 2002, 18:59

Mr. Superbad I recently tried MPC and instantly became a conver... Nov 27 2002, 21:08

SK1 deleted It's weird just several seconds ago th... Nov 27 2002, 21:26

bacardi_princess I'm new to this boaard, but very glad someone ... Nov 30 2002, 08:26

Dibrom QUOTE (bacardi_princess @ Nov 30 2002 - 12:26... Nov 30 2002, 08:36

Mr. Superbad QUOTE (bacardi_princess @ Nov 29 2002 - 11:26... Nov 30 2002, 08:56

bacardi_princess QUOTE Welcome :) Thank you. QUOTE I belie... Nov 30 2002, 20:54

liekloo QUOTE (Bacardi_princess @ nov30)Also, the per... Dec 5 2002, 11:01

liekloo QUOTE (Bacardi princess @ nov30)What do you m... Dec 5 2002, 11:21

liekloo MPC please! (the superior quality...) Dec 5 2002, 11:23

Walkman I use MP3 only. I'd consider something better ... Dec 5 2002, 22:58

Zond Well, i am a slut a little First i started with... Dec 9 2002, 09:01

Andavari QUOTE (Zond @ Dec 9 2002 - 02:01 AM)Well, i a... Dec 10 2002, 16:07

Zond I want to settle down, but i dont know what to use... Dec 10 2002, 23:12

fireballuk2001 I use MPC for my encoding needs for archiving, usi... Dec 11 2002, 03:11

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