Hello everyone, this is my first thread and post in the forums, and i'm starting off with a problem i've been having.
I have a collection of radio shows which are in this annoying .rm format, and i want to store them in AAC or in another format, though i REALLY prefer AAC.
The thing is, each show is 11.X mb, they last an hour, 21kbps, but i can't convert them to neither aac nor mp3 in a similar size without loosing noticeable quality, and in some cases the voices of this talk show get an echo-like effect in the background, don't know from where.
I've done a few tests, and in the case of mp3's, i get the same quality at 90kbps, with 30mb files. In the case of AAC, i thought i had good results with 30KBPS VBR, but i get this echo-like thing on the back and it won't sound as clear as the rm files
The software i'm using id dbpoweramp + real alternative + nero AAC

I hope someone can have a good answer for my problem. If someone wants to talk, my msn is rvillanut@gmail.com

Greetings ;D

You seem to have a handle on the issue. I would tend to agree with you observations. Over the years I have been in similar situations. Recommend that you keep archival copies of the original RM files and make suitable transcoded copies as needed.

Woody

The .rm files are a lossy format and from the size, a lot was lost. When you encode them into another lossy format, either mp3 or acc, even more is lost. By making files in the least lossy manner in the new format, you will lose less but make bigger files. Trying to make the files smaller, which reduces the quality even more.

I completely agree with you, but there's gotta be a decent way of maintaining the quality of the .rm files in a decent, twenty-first century audio format. I'm not asking for miracles, just not to get such awful encoding results. I have my hopes high for the AAC try, 'cause i believe a got a pretty good quality, with the exception of the cases (which are a lot actually) that i get this fuzzy thing on the back when someone talks.

=)