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Is MPC better than mp3?

Grand Dizzy View Member Profile	Oct 24 2004, 20:25 Post #1
Group: Members Posts: 110 Joined: 3-November 03 Member No.: 9637	I just noticed in the polls that more people use mpc than mp3! Bearing in mind that I know nothing about mpc, could anyone explain the benefits over mp3? I use alt-preset extreme... does anyone recommend I upgrade to mpc?

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ak View Member Profile	Apr 2 2006, 22:49 Post #2
Musepack Developer Group: Members Posts: 359 Joined: 17-October 01 Member No.: 309	Well, ok. Although recommended and best aren't the same. There's helluva difference between 'I really wanna try this codec and wanna know what the good settings for this particular purpose would be' and 'What's the best codec of them all' soon falling down to 'I heard yer prefered codec is better/bigger/longer than mine, well, that's not true...', the latter is like invitation to the bashing/flamewars/fanboyism/hurt feelings/namescalling and what not. So if you're into streaming over ISDN or encoding audio for DVD backup, you probably exclude certain codecs from the consideration, and vice versa. In another words I can't quite remember something starting like this and leading to something constructive.

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Grand Dizzy Is MPC better than mp3? Oct 24 2004, 20:25

Mono Please search. Some great threads have already cov... Oct 24 2004, 20:45

rjamorim That poll only applies to Hydrogenaudio. It makes ... Oct 24 2004, 20:46

AtaqueEG QUOTE (rjamorim @ Oct 24 2004, 01:46 PM)That ... Apr 1 2006, 17:03

Grand Dizzy Thanks, guys. Oct 24 2004, 22:00

hybridfan It sounds amazing and what really surprises me is ... Apr 1 2006, 13:33

Sebastian Mares And you had to bump a two years old topic just to ... Apr 1 2006, 13:43

guruboolez I guess that creating a new thread was not enough ... Apr 1 2006, 13:47

NeoRenegade Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It... Apr 1 2006, 15:27

flipik QUOTE (Grand Dizzy @ Oct 24 2004, 09:25 PM)I ... Apr 1 2006, 15:43

tomelephant QUOTE (flipik @ Apr 1 2006, 22:43) QUOTE ... Jun 9 2008, 17:01

dreamliner77 I still have everything in mpc and continue to enc... Apr 1 2006, 17:50

kwanbis it could be argued that diferent samples were used... Apr 2 2006, 02:02

DickxLaurent Maybe it's time for a new lossy encoder poll. ... Apr 2 2006, 03:01

vinnie97 Yea, but it's over a year old...with much more... Apr 2 2006, 04:05

atici QUOTE (vinnie97 @ Apr 1 2006, 10:05 PM)Yea, b... Apr 2 2006, 06:27

guruboolez QUOTE (atici @ Apr 2 2006, 06:27 AM)There... Apr 2 2006, 12:17

vinnie97 You know, I get the impression you've really g... Apr 2 2006, 06:32

atici QUOTE (vinnie97 @ Apr 2 2006, 12:32 AM)1.) Yo... Apr 2 2006, 06:43

vinnie97 PS. What you quoted was in regards to the POLL bei... Apr 2 2006, 06:36

vinnie97 Apologies, I meant "seeking" instead of ... Apr 2 2006, 06:53

ak You know what's funny, people keep talking los... Apr 2 2006, 19:51

The Link QUOTE (ak @ Apr 2 2006, 07:51 PM)I think Doom... Apr 2 2006, 20:26

guruboolez QUOTE (ak @ Apr 2 2006, 07:51 PM)I think Doom... Apr 2 2006, 21:07

hybridfan QUOTE (Sebastian Mares @ Apr 1 2006, 12:43 PM... Apr 2 2006, 20:19

Sebastian Mares QUOTE (hybridfan @ Apr 2 2006, 09:19 PM)maybe... Apr 2 2006, 20:55

ak Well, ok. Although recommended and best aren't... Apr 2 2006, 22:49

guruboolez QUOTE (ak @ Apr 2 2006, 10:49 PM)Well, ok. Al... Apr 2 2006, 23:38

satorippoi Well, if you would let me, i will add some comment... Apr 2 2006, 22:56

foxyshadis The Doom9 ban isn't on discussion, it's on... Apr 3 2006, 00:17

rjamorim QUOTE (foxyshadis @ Apr 2 2006, 08:17 PM)it... Apr 3 2006, 00:32

guruboolez QUOTE (foxyshadis @ Apr 3 2006, 12:17 AM)It l... Apr 3 2006, 00:40

vinnie97 QUOTE Personally, I love mpc, because it's a g... Apr 3 2006, 00:35

Supacon I've never had any interest in MPC, personally... Apr 3 2006, 01:49

vinnie97 QUOTE some metal/punk on P2P networks is/was encod... Apr 3 2006, 04:26

Leto Atreides II QUOTE (vinnie97 @ Apr 2 2006, 07:26 PM)QUOTE ... Apr 3 2006, 07:32

user weird... April jokes ? I knew (and posted) during... Apr 3 2006, 23:57

rjamorim QUOTE (user @ Apr 3 2006, 07:57 PM)Other form... Apr 4 2006, 02:13

kwanbis QUOTE (user @ Apr 3 2006, 10:57 PM)Other form... Apr 4 2006, 03:59

skelly831 QUOTE (kwanbis @ Apr 3 2006, 06:59 PM)QUOTE (... Apr 4 2006, 04:06

kwanbis QUOTE (skelly831 @ Apr 4 2006, 03:06 AM)Keep ... Apr 4 2006, 04:15

skelly831 QUOTE (kwanbis @ Apr 3 2006, 07:15 PM)QUOTE (... Apr 4 2006, 04:52

guruboolez QUOTE (user @ Apr 3 2006, 11:57 PM)no (seriou... Apr 4 2006, 09:40

Brink QUOTE I've noticed this same phenomenon. It se... Apr 3 2006, 07:32

skelly831 QUOTE (Brink @ Apr 2 2006, 10:32 PM)...or may... Apr 4 2006, 01:16

vinnie97 QUOTE Other formats are still struggling to reach ... Apr 4 2006, 03:34

Madman2003 A while back i tried lame -V 2 and at on the few t... Apr 4 2006, 09:58

Wombat QUOTE (guruboolez @ Apr 4 2006, 09:40 AM)QUOT... Apr 4 2006, 12:15

pepoluan Sometimes I wonder... ... if a codec (name your f... Apr 4 2006, 22:56

StewartR QUOTE (pepoluan @ Apr 4 2006, 10:56 PM) S... Apr 10 2006, 13:50

pepoluan QUOTE (StewartR @ Apr 10 2006, 07:50 PM) ... Apr 10 2006, 21:59

user No, extrapolation of those tests (not only of thos... Apr 11 2006, 11:16

rjamorim QUOTE (user @ Apr 11 2006, 07:16 AM) No, ... Apr 11 2006, 12:52

user QUOTE (rjamorim @ Apr 11 2006, 01:52 PM) ... Apr 11 2006, 18:01

rjamorim QUOTE (user @ Apr 11 2006, 02:01 PM) Than... Apr 12 2006, 00:23

user Dear friend, you have conducted tests as conductor... Apr 12 2006, 10:12

Garf QUOTE (rjamorim @ Apr 11 2006, 01:52 PM) ... Apr 12 2006, 12:11

Garf QUOTE (user @ Apr 11 2006, 12:16 PM) No, ... Apr 12 2006, 12:58

user Thanks Garf for questioning, what rjamorim leads t... Apr 12 2006, 13:47

Garf QUOTE (user @ Apr 12 2006, 02:47 PM) As a... Apr 12 2006, 13:59

kwanbis QUOTE (Garf @ Apr 12 2006, 12:59 PM) *BUT... Apr 12 2006, 14:24

user I do question, that transparency = 5.0 is sufficie... Apr 12 2006, 15:19

vinnie97 That provides an extra layer of psychologic protec... Apr 4 2006, 23:15

pepoluan QUOTE (vinnie97 @ Apr 5 2006, 05:15 AM)That p... Apr 4 2006, 23:38

seanyseansean The vast majority of my 45000+ track collection in... Apr 4 2006, 23:22

vinnie97 You lost me at variable "Q." Seriousl... Apr 5 2006, 04:50

user lol! when I wrote this at 4th of April, kwanbi... Apr 10 2006, 12:14

rjamorim QUOTE (user @ Apr 10 2006, 08:14 AM) lol... Apr 10 2006, 12:34

kwanbis QUOTE (user @ Apr 10 2006, 11:14 AM) when... Apr 10 2006, 13:33

shadowking It makes some sense, only that when V2 is clearly ... Apr 10 2006, 14:13

m0rbidini I'm not a statistics wizard but I don't th... Apr 11 2006, 17:29

stephanV Still, even the listening tests done rjamorim do n... Apr 12 2006, 11:17

kwanbis For me, its like a race, you compare lap times of ... Apr 12 2006, 13:43

Garf QUOTE (kwanbis @ Apr 12 2006, 02:43 PM) A... Apr 12 2006, 13:45

kwanbis QUOTE (Garf @ Apr 12 2006, 12:45 PM) I... Apr 12 2006, 13:49

user QUOTE (kwanbis @ Apr 12 2006, 02:49 PM) Q... Apr 12 2006, 14:02

m0rbidini QUOTE (Garf)I'd like to see rjamorim's dat... Apr 12 2006, 14:03

Garf QUOTE (m0rbidini @ Apr 12 2006, 03:03 PM)... Apr 12 2006, 14:06

hybridfan hmm funny how this thread is continuing, sorry for... Apr 12 2006, 15:21

jazzymelody What is really bad about MPC is that before 2 year... Apr 12 2006, 15:31

nawhead QUOTE (jazzymelody @ Apr 12 2006, 10:31) ... Sep 11 2007, 03:19

pdq QUOTE (nawhead @ Sep 10 2007, 22:19) Also... Sep 11 2007, 03:36

shadowking QUOTE (nawhead @ Sep 11 2007, 12:19) QUOT... Sep 11 2007, 04:17

shadowking QUOTE (nawhead @ Sep 11 2007, 12:19) peop... Sep 11 2007, 10:45

xmixahlx HA is development driven and musepack's psymod... Sep 11 2007, 11:57

xmixahlx lol... you signed up to say that? Jun 9 2008, 17:50

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