Never used mp3 , always encoded with vqf and then m4a, before i discovered FLAC.

regards,
JHB.

I voted for Ogg Vorbis, since I still prefer it to MP3- but because MP3 and Ogg are pretty much the same these days, I've started putting the music on my site in both Ogg and MP3 formats.


I also voted for FLAC. Easy to use and no known bugs (known to me anyway ).

Also, I use individual tracks rather than complete discs. Annoying that way, although I remember reading there's some reason to do it that way.

- Spike

EAC would be the clear winner me thinks

I rip to ogg q-5

Blue-Ray hardware is expensive. HD-DVD could dominate.

(What an ideal topic for a newcomer like me to try out a first post! Thank you. )

I choose AAC for lossy, because I don't need a high bitrate.
I choose WavPack for lossless because of its good efficiency, many functions and -t option. Unfortunately wvgain doesn't have the option, though.
I rip CDs as lossless images for backup purposes.


It seems some "your codec of choice" polls are still open.

Lossy:

• 2001 lossy (open) 717 votes in Feb. 2007 -> 728 votes in Dec. 2007
• 2002 lossy (closed) ? votes in Feb. 2007 -> ? votes in Dec. 2007
• 2003 lossy (open) 217 votes in Feb. 2007 -> 217 votes in Dec. 2007
• 2004 lossy (closed) 682 votes in Feb. 2007 -> 682 votes in Dec. 2007
• 2005 lossy (closed) 604 votes in Feb. 2007 -> 604 votes in Dec. 2007
• 2006 lossy (closed) 971 votes in Feb. 2007 -> 971 votes in Dec. 2007

Lossless:

• 2002 lossless (open) 268 votes in Feb. 2007 -> 268 votes in Dec. 2007
• 2003 lossless (closed) 166 votes in Feb. 2007 -> 166 votes in Dec. 2007
• 2004-2005 lossless (closed) 715 votes in Feb. 2007 -> 715 votes in Dec. 2007
• 2006 lossless (closed) 433 votes in Feb. 2007 -> 433 votes in Dec. 2007

Some people might have voted reminded of their choices of the past, though...


By the way, I followed guruboolez.





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