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Reduce existing MP3 bit rate in iTunes
Authored by: torndownunit on Feb 20, '03 02:57:39PM

There is no way I would fill my hard drive up with AIFF files. It's a waste of space. An mp3 that is ripped at 256 kpbs is acceptable sound quality, and good for archiving. It defeats the purpose of even ripping a cd (for me) if I don't compress it somehow for storage. I might as well just buy a multi-cd changer.

And I know the technogical info behind mp3 compression. I was commenting on files that have been downsampled, not mp3 in general. I was asking if anyone has had a similar problem with iTunes. Because ONLY downasampled files are affected.



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Authored by: torndownunit on Feb 20, '03 03:00:33PM

Whoops, I clicked the wrong reply button. This was a reply to a post earlier in the thread.

I don't know how people can listen to mp3's encoded at any less then 160 kbps. Someone above mentioned 40 kbps/mono. You might as well just be converting to Real Audio because it would sound just as bad.



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