mp3 >> m4p

[crttenhj]

hey,

do you lose quality transcoding from mp3 to m4p at the same bitrate? ie: itunes doesn't sell a certain song, but walmart does, however walmart is mp3, and i preffer m4p...

thanks

[drewbar]

Yes. (I think you mean .m4a. .m4p is the iTMS DRM protected format). You loose quality when you convert from one lossy format (mp3, vorbis, wma, mp4/m4a/aac, etc...) to another regardless of bitrate.

[will]

you ALWAYS lose quality transcoding from one lossy format to another (such as m4a and mp3). Either re-rip from the CD or don't transcode.

[nybergh]

Seen this one?
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....5&goto=newpost

Why, why, why, whyyyy do we have to take all this discussion about transcoding. Do everybody a favour. Don't buy iTunes-stuff. Doenload fucking MP3:s/OGG Vorbis/FLAC/APE -songs until the retards on the record-companies understand that they've got to sell songs in standard-formats without this DRM-BULLSHIT!!!!

(aaah, now I said it. I'm a happier and more balanced person now since i let out that DRM-pressure inside me )

[frozenthunder]

uhh dude this time its not some one bitchin about itunes it some one wanting mp4 format instead of mp3 so he wouldnt download from those places any way