Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[ChicoSelfs]

What is the difference of WMA, MP3 or OGG? Of these what is the best?

[peleton]

easily Ogg.

the only one i'd (maybe) rate above ogg is mpc

p.

[ChicoSelfs]

MPC? Don't now that

[peleton]

otherwise known as mpp or mp|PLS| (MPEG Plus), or MusePack.

There is an encoder included with MJ (or on the downloads page).

At high bitrates (200|PLS|) it is considered the best codec. (although I still lean towards Ogg)

For pretty much everything else Ogg wins.

p.

[Cmagic]

Hello chicoselfs

There was thread a while back on the subject :
http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/interact/NeoBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=inter&Post=9614&BoardIdle=7&SortingBy=0&BoardOrder=Descend&Page=0&UserSession=cmagic.102345204644478

My opinion on the topic is the following :

APE: Reference quality (lossless) but Big files (500 to 1000 kbps)
MPC: Best quality for a lossy codec, reasonnable files (180 to 230 kbps (--xtreme)
OGG: Best for opensourcing (encoder source available), quality in between mp3 and mpc
MP3: Best for portability (Handelds, support on every platform)
WMA: Best for Bill , just kidding WMA 8.0 at 96kbps is very good for handelds

hope it helps !

[KingSparta]

>> What is the best format??
APE

What Is The Best Format Other Than APE Is MP3
Answer1: You Can use it In MP3 Players (OGG What Is That?)
Answer2: Common And Widely Used Even More Than WMA
Answer3: Has Good Quality At Higher Kbps (192 And Up For CBR, And VBR High)
Answer4: Saves Hard Drive Space Over Other Formats (Ape, Wav)
Answer5: MP3Pro Is Compatable in All Mp3 Players

[ChicoSelfs]

It's in real very difficult choose between so many formats, and the one choose this other choose that, maybe i stick around with WMA ( don't now if i wroote god or bad i'm very bad in English ) because of his size!


Thank you all

Portugal

[PeterE]

For me it has to be APE - Why?

coz when they bring a new format out you won't have to re-rip all your CDs/Vinyl
you can just batch uncompress without loss (or so they say and so it appears)
and convert to this wonderfull quality super small format that is as yet a mere twinkle in a clever person's eye

IMHO of course

[DocLotus]

Hi chicoselfs;

Please see the threads "What Is the Best File Format II" & "WMA Ripping the Best?" for some more thoughts on ripping formats.

Have fun!!