Dirty pants Homer comes to goody two-shoes Flanders for help...

[rm']

Search is borked. Google is too vague (on account of it is too objective, and isn't human). I'll have a new CD arriving this afternoon. What quality setting should I encode it into Ogg with? For reference, most of my MP3s average at about 160 to 196 kbps.

[Hamylde]

Actually it depends on what type of music! Least: Punk 64... Average: Pop 128 ... Highest: Classical 192...

But I prefer variable bitrate... but thats just me :)

[(Hamylde)]

[rm']

If I'm not mistaken, using quality setting as the encoding method gives variable bit rate.

[InvisableMan]

for me; maximum quality for everything!!! (disk space isnt an issue :p)

[Gonzotek]

You'll probably have no audible artifacts at 4.99 and above. You may want to do a listening test and see if 4 or even 3.something is enough to sound good to you. It's pretty subjective, some people claim 3 is usually "good enough", but I'm not even close to an audiophile and I can hear a marked difference below 4.

-=Gonzotek=-

[ujay]

I've noticed a few of these ogg posts now and people say 3, 4, 10, whatever, but no one ever recommends 5, always 4.95 or 4.99.

What's the reasoning behind this ?

UJ

[dylman]

In a pre-1.0 version of Ogg, quality 5 and above utilised extra features that significantly increased file size. Hence the popularity of 4.99 (sawg uses 4.75, which is just weird).

edit: :D

[ujay]

Thanks both.

Time I took a closer look at ogg, never heard anyone have anything bad to say about it yet.

Is it too good to be true :)

UJ

[AjStone]

Ok... Time for a flame :mad:

DON'T GO GETTING ME ALL EXCITED ABOUT A SIMPSONS THREAD WHEN ITS JUST FOR STUPID TECH SUPPORT!!!

:p

[eleet-2k2]

Originally posted by rm'
If I'm not mistaken, using quality setting as the encoding method gives variable bit rate. You would be correct sir. :)

At least 160 to 192 kbps MP3 or OGGs. :)