TetrisKid Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 i have 4500+ MP3's (most are over 192kps) and I'm wanting to convert them to AAC in order to use preset features. Since both AAC and MP3 are compressed formats would there be a quality loss if converted my library to AAC? Am i better off just sticking with MP3s or would it be ok if i converted at a high bitrate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Veteran Posted October 24, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 24, 2003 moved to media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova_rock Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 most likely you will not notice any loss going from 192 mp3 to 128 acc i personally perfer 256 and higher bitrate mp3's becasue they work with my mp3 cd player and i dont have any worries about space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123_kid Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Convert a couple of MP3's to AAC and see if you hear a difference. In theory, conversion from a lossy-format to another lossy-format is a bad idea but if you don't notice a difference, then there isn't really any harm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animaniac Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Given that you probably don't need the space? What's the point? MP3 is the most supported format to date, and why bother losing sound quality. (I definately hear the difference.) The only ideal situation to convert from lossy to lossy is using the same format and going to a lower bitrate, which inherently causes a loss in quality, but is useful to store files on a portable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tran Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Keep your Mp3s as they are. I only recently started to encode in AAC but only from CDs, not from MP3s. Like 123_kid said, going from lossy-format to another lossy-format is a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonze Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 i converted all of my mp3s to wma afew years ago. Bad idea. the quality went right down the tubes. you may be able to convert to wav then to AAC but i think there would still be some quality loss. best to try it out on some songs you listen to alot so you can tell the difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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