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what do you rip at?
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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a magazine recently reviewed the ipod to good reviews, but on a side note a reviewer recommended to rip your mp3's at 192 with VBM for optimum sound quality/compression. so what do you rip at, what do you think is the best setting for ripping mp3s?
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one post closer to five stars
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I use VBR for all my encoding. In iTunes that is 128kbps minimum encoding rate, and 'highest' vbr encoding quality. All in all, the files end up just under 140kbps on average. The sound quality is excellent on this setting, even better than 160kbps in my opinion... And file sizes are about 1mb smaller per song depending on lenghth in comparison. In my opinion anything over 160 is overkill, unless what you're encoding has content prone to distortion.
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Mac Pro 8x2.8 | Macbook 2.13 | Saab Trionic 7 (thats right, runs on a 68k!)
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192 kbps CBR is my setting, you'll need really good speakers to hear any differences.
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192. Sometimes 256 when I want to overkill.
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Join Date: Mar 1999
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I use LAME and iTunes... LAME option: <font face = "courier">--r3mix -b 112</font>, sounds great and less space.
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192 Kbps, VBR, 44.1 kHz, normal stereo using velocity, using MP,
I can get around 15X when ripping good enought for me
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I GOT WASTED WITH PHIL SHERRY!!!
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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80kbps VBR Highest setting (80-320kbps).
This clearly sounds better than encoding at continuous 128kbps, and is significantly smaller.
I admit I SOMETIMES do hear slight artifacts that I don't hear at CBR 160kbps, but it's really insignificant, and I love the fact that I'll get about 2000 songs on my iPod this way.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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256kbps, I like the extra quality, plus it's not overkill when you consider that my entire music collection only takes up 3.5GB. Might as well use the extra space to make the music sound good. 
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Originally posted by Cellery:
<STRONG>256kbps, I like the extra quality, plus it's not overkill when you consider that my entire music collection only takes up 3.5GB. Might as well use the extra space to make the music sound good. </STRONG>
i use the same setting and it helps when it comes time to burn an audio CD.
-r.
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Join Date: Mar 1999
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Originally posted by G4ME:
<STRONG>192 Kbps, VBR, 44.1 kHz, normal stereo using velocity, using MP,
I can get around 15X when ripping good enought for me</STRONG>
wow envy, I hope someone will patch LAME soon to make use of the Velocity Engine soon.
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iMac G5 2.0 Ghz 20", 2 GB RAM, 400 GB, OS X 10.4.5, iPod with color screen 60 GB
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Are you spontaneously enthusiastic about everyone having everything you can have? - Buckminster Fuller
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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128 and stereo.. I know I could go higher, but I really feel no need to... It allows for more "goodness" in my iPod!
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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160kbps/Stero...rip @ about 7.7X on an 867w/ 1.1 gigs of ram
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Am I still here?
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320 is the only way to go.
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Originally posted by COmie JOe:
<STRONG>320 is the only way to go.</STRONG>
"320! 320! do i hear 512? 512 anyone? 512? yes, the gentleman at the back of the room. going once... twice... sold!"
-r.
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