M4A to MP3 320kbps Options

[Deimuddi1955]

Hello


i got some M4A audio files that i would convert in MP3's. Now my question is:


Is a M4A file with 256kbps the equivalent to a MP3 File with 320kbps. if it is so, can i convert the M4A File to a MP3 with a constant bitrate of 320 kbps? or should i convert it to the same bitrate of 256kbps??






thanks for answers

[Vietwoojagig]

Is a M4A file with 256kbps the equivalent to a MP3 File with 320kbps.

Some people say so.

if it is so, can i convert the M4A File to a MP3 with a constant bitrate of 320 kbps? or should i convert it to the same bitrate of 256kbps??

Equivalence of AAC-256 to MP3-320 does not really help you to decide this question. The question is anyway, how much do you loose during the transcoding. With MP3-320 you likely will loose less than with MP3-256.
But I'm sure you will not be able to distinguish:

• MP3-256 from WAV
• MP3-256 from AAC-256
• MP3-320 from WAV
• MP3-320 from AAC-256

So I would propose to use MP3-256 or the settings you normally use to create MP3s