digital audio format wars which is best?

[Danil.]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

the best format MP3,WMA

[maxman]

MP3 for being widespread and used
.ogg technically good and even better compression
.wma - it's a Microsoft format, so I don't trust it
FLAC not bad either - but not widely used

Just my experience on the matter...

[evangelion]

how do you encode a flac file?

Download the FLAC Frontend here, rip the CD into WAV, drag and drop the WAVs into the frontend, choose a destination folder and hit encode (level 8 is the highest compression level but unlike MP3 the only sacrifice in encoding level is size). Its pretty much just like using any other audio encoding frontend...standard stuff, nothing major. If you're really savvy you can integrate it into Exact Audio Copy and automate the process down to 1 click.

...and does it work with winamp?

Yes, there is plugin available on the Winamp website.

[ZenDel]

how do you encode a flac file?
and does it work with winamp?

[tyro]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

If you have enough free space on your hard disk WAV format is the best, you can get an exactly copy of any CD.

If the free space on your HD is the problem, MP3 format with 192kbp is the right choice, of course with a good encoder!

[msanchez]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

So whats the deal, can any of these formats be played in my car? Its an Alpine...it plays mp3's & wma's .... anyone recommend something?

[BeatMonkey]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

I use 192 kbps AAC for ripping CDs to my iPod. It's my perfect balance between good filesizes and sound quality. Keep in mind that AAC in not widely supported yet by many players.

Why hasn't anyone else realized how great aac is? (aac+ is better) I've seen some very impressive uses for aac/aac+, especially in the streaming audio category. Like you said, too bad there aren't many players out there for it.

[neoee]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

PCM

nerd!

BTW that would be g.711

[klandestinoz]

Wav is the best

[tiddles]

FLAC

[greg07]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

use only for listening to music @ home: mp3 is enough!

[rewing3]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

Mp3 is the best.

[rockfish]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

FLAC or SHN

[Fudge]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

Ogg Vorbis..

Better sound quality than MP3 on lower bitrates, smaller files, written with streaming in mind, and getting more and more support. Even won a few listening tests.

[poorimpulsectrl]

Re: digital audio format wars which is best?

my two preferred formats

lossy : lame encoded mp3 using --alt-preset extreme

lossless : flac