Lately when ripping CD's, I use something called vbr/abr! The abr means average bit rate. I think this is supposed to be better than vbr, because it tries to find the average bit rate for better quality! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald L. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 5:02 PM Subject: Re: CBR or VBR
> Although I cannot prove it, my ears suggest that this is true in > theory but not in reality. There are some purists on this and > other lists who think that because mp3 or ogg or wma as well as > others represent a so called "lossy format," that using any such > format makes it a substandard recording. I suspect that if you > performed an a-b comparison, many of them would guess > incorrectly. > > But back to your original question, VBR may produce slightly > smaller file sizes if you record at extremely high bit rates; but > I will guarantee that this is not true when you record at lower > bit rates for things like books. > > Don Roberts > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:23 PM > Subject: Re: CBR or VBR > > > But I've heard that with vbr, you do get a smaller file, but the > nature of > variable bit rates is that you are supposed to get higher > quality, despite > the smaller size! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brandon Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:18 PM > Subject: Re: CBR or VBR > > >> hi >> vbr makes a smaller file. you set limits as to how much data it >> will >> encode, >> say between 96 and 192 kbps. the encoder will analyze the music >> and do >> what >> it thinks is good quality encoding between those specified >> limits. the >> advantage of that is you get a smaller file. the advantage of >> cbr is that >> the data is all the same bitrate, which makes sure it's all the >> same >> quality. vbr in my experience, the few times i've used it >> sounds worse >> than >> cbr, but this could be just me. >> >> >> Brandon Hicks >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Skype: callto://reyuth >> msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other >> lists we >> offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other > lists we offer, visit us on the web at > http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > __________ NOD32 1.1599 (20060614) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
