Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mp3 to Ogg Conversion

2007-12-18 Thread Alec Wright
Converting between 2 lossy formats loses quality. If you converted MP3>FLAC, you'd get the same quality as the original MP3, but it would take up about 10x as much space. Or even better, re-rip everything as ogg vorbis. On 18/12/2007, Stuart Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All > > I have a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mp3 to Ogg Conversion

2007-12-18 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 02:24:46PM +, Stuart Bird wrote: > Are there any tools that will help me achieve this? mp32ogg > Will there be any sound quality reduction as a result of the conversions? > Yes. Going from one lossy format to a different lossy format where each loses a different bit o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mp3 to Ogg Conversion

2007-12-18 Thread Dave Morley
On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 14:24 +, Stuart Bird wrote: > Hi All > > I have a large music collection which is probably 95% mp3 format. I > would like to move it all to an open format such as Ogg Vorbis (or any > other alternatives that I am unaware of). > > So I have a couple of questions: > > Ar

[ubuntu-uk] Mp3 to Ogg Conversion

2007-12-18 Thread Stuart Bird
Hi All I have a large music collection which is probably 95% mp3 format. I would like to move it all to an open format such as Ogg Vorbis (or any other alternatives that I am unaware of). So I have a couple of questions: Are there any tools that will help me achieve this? Will there be any sou