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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: samarah88 on March 29, 2004, 10:44:51 am
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I think I already know the answer :'( but,
I have about 5500 VBR MP3s in my media library that I have ripped from my CD collection. I also have a Sony Clie that I plan on using as my MP3 player. Unfortunately I have recently discovered that the Sony Audio Player cannot play VBR files.
What is my best solution for changing the existing files. I really don't care about the extra disk space requirements now that I've added another 160GB HDD. Currently I have converted a view files for testing.
I guess my real question is, do I need to rerip for no quality loss or can I convert the VBR files with no apparent loss of quality.
I am happy with the VBR sound quality so lossless isn't a requirement.
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You could create a second library for CBR MP3 files. Import all the old files to it. Convert what you want from VBR, but DON'T DELETE the originals. Try a few before you do many.
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If you convert lossy to lossy you will go down quite a bit....
Try a few, If you can't hear the difference, Then do them all. If you can then you will need to rerip
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If you can't hear the difference after a second MP3 conversion, you need better audio equpiment... I tried that before, and it sounds like :-X :-X :-X
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MP3 VBR is part of the standard. Sounds like a pretty serious omission on your PDA. Have you considered replacing the music player software instead?
Here is a review of various Palm based MP3 players (http://www.pdabuyersguide.com/software/palm_MP3_players.htm), some of them should work in the Clie. Even if it costs you $20, it's probably better than re-ripping your CDs or losing quality through transcoding.