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I think Apple made the right choice
I find it funny that sooo many people complain about the 128kbps of the AAC on the iTMS. DVDs that have Dolby Surround sound are the same bitrate, and very few people complain about that quality.
I think Apple made the right choice
"I find it funny that sooo many people complain about the 128kbps of the AAC on the iTMS. DVDs that have Dolby Surround sound are the same bitrate, and very few people complain about that quality.
I think Apple made the right choice
Don't want to get into a big argument, so just a couple quick points here:
1) iTMS sells its songs in AAC format, not MP3 -- AAC is still lossy, but is a much more complex and superior codec. (In other words, a 128kbps AAC file and a 128kbps MP3 file are the same size, but the AAC will sound better). 2) AC3 is not lossless -- lossless codecs can't get anywhere near the file-size-savings that made MP3 popular and are needed for iTMS or other online stores. From the Dolby Wikipedia article: Dolby is part of a group of organizations involved in the development of AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), part of MPEG specifications, and also considered the successor to MP3. AAC outperforms AC-3 at any bitrate, but is more complex. The advantages of AAC become clearly audible at less than 400 kbit/s for 5.1 channels, and at less than 180 kbit/s for 2.0 channels.
I think Apple made the right choice
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AC3 and ITMS AAC
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