I would expect it's absolutely fine and just a musically simplistic track that needs no more than that. The lowest bitrate track I have in my lossless collection is an old Genesis demo from the late '60's which is around 300 kbps.
Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. McFarlane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 2:38 PM Subject: Re: wma lossless > Hi Kevin > Thanks again. > I'm surprised however as I got 190kb in one old song - this is well under > 700. Is this ok or should I investigate further? > Thanks. > Gordon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 11:40 AM > Subject: Re: wma lossless > > >> Hi Gordon. >> >> 16 bit with a frequency of 44 khz is exactly right and you will see >> fluctuations in the resulting bitrates. The bitrates generally fluctuate >> between 700 and 1000 kbps but it is really dependant on the type of music >> you're ripping. Complex music will need more than simple music. >> >> Kevin >> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "G. McFarlane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC-Audio" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 10:54 AM >> Subject: wma lossless >> >> >>> Hi >>> I feel I should know this by now but I don't. >>> I'm ripping my collection again, this time in wma lossless. I'm baffled >>> by >>> the bitrates I'm getting - it says 16bit and44.1 but the actual bitrates >>> fluctuate depending on the song, from in some cases 190 to 780 etc. Is >>> this truly lossless and can I be sure it's not worse than wav or Apple >>> lossless? >>> >>> Also can I assume that if I rip using 2 machines then I can add the >>> second >>> machine's contents to the first's music folder and that Windows Media >>> Player will add them to the library and treat them as if they'd been >>> ripped on the first machine? >>> Thanks for your help. >>> Gordon McFarlane >>> >>> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> >> >> 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 email has been verified as Virus free >> Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
