RE: Re: Slimp3 question/ rio comparison

["Nikola Kasic" <nikola@xxxxxxx>]

Ken,

I see that you are well into ripping :-).

I see that more all-in-one solutions are coming out like Rio Central or this new Compaq server, where you put CD into machine and it ripps CD for you, and stores it on hard drive. Do you have any idea how it compares with manual ripping.

I know that with manual ripping you have more freedom to choose encoder, bitrate etc, so are those all-in-one solutions comparable in terms of quality or not?

Someone said that even if you choose same parameters (bitrate etc), there is still huge difference depending of algorythms. Allegedly, LAME is the best.

Nik

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennwatt@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 August 2002 17:55
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Slimp3 question/ rio comparison

> Free Lossless Audio Codec. Whereas MP3 is a lossy codec,FLAC is
> lossless.Of course, the file size is way bigger, for example 70% of
> the original wave file but with hard drive prices falling, its not
> prohibitive.

It is when you house a collection of over 3500 albums! ;)

> I expect to have a mixture of MP3 files for tracks ripped from the
> internet and FLAC files for my favourite music where the lossless
> file being put through my main hi-fi system will be preferred option.

The only comment I have about format wars at this stage in this area,
other than the fact that the newer methods are better is that they are
not backward compatible. Therefore it renders the rip unusable to my
SliMP3s, Traxdata M-Station and as many other devices so I won't be
changing in hurry! Apart from that ripping the collection once was
enough thanks! ;)

K.




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