[Max8319]

i've got a book on cd and i want to rip it onto my powerbook, but i'm not sure what to rip it at. since it's just talking, i thought i would rip it at 128 kbs max, but i'm not sure. what do people normally rip just talking at? is there a special setting? is there anything else i should know?

thanks

[fulmer]

there was a long thread somewhere in these forums where many chimed in on what they rip at. the responses were extremely varied. I usually rip at 160 kbs or higher. If I'm ripping for someone else in order to burn them something, I rip at 128 just for speed and space, and my burner is 24x10x40. If you have the hd space and a quick cd-rom for ripping, then go for a high encoding.

[Max8319]

but what about for just a book on cd? quality isn't as important as it is with music. i'm thinking i'll rip it at 128 kbs but i'd like to hear a few more replies about this first.

[lucylawless]

I've done a few long mp3's with just dialogue, and you can save a lot of space by making it mono, 11 khz, and about 56 kbps. What you should really do is encode a short portion of it at different bitrates and see where the quality falls off for your own descriminating ears.

[Naplander]

128 should be fine. Some of my music is at 128, which I can notice, but talking will be fine.

LL is right though - try it yourself and see.

[Max8319]

sounds good.

thank you