MP3Pro Today

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• never mind, i just read up on it. it's all too confusing for me, i just want a cool standard that's h... : abrasion

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  you havn't even heard it yet. I wouldn't mind using 15 less gigs of space... : Ominous
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    yeah, but they're obviously going to exploit their position on this. I'd rather stick with open-source ... : the archvile
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      it will prolly be open sourc. : Ominous
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        errrr...will be made open source by someone ;) : Ominous
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          yeah, like the LAME team did. Those Thomson bastards want to make insane profits off of things that alr... : the archvile
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            15 God forbid any company make a profit! : boobspy
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              wow, they tought you well at school. CAPITALISM = GOD MASTER POWER OF THE UNIVERSE!!!!! : ILF
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                What are you, a commie? : Dechter
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                  commie comments are SO 1980s. Get with it. The Cold War just happens to be OVER... : daggah
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                    SHUT UP DAGGAH! you friggin commie you! : fatcracker
                    • yay for newbies... : daggah
                  • >:( : GiantCommunistROBOT
            • God forbid any company make a profit! I will take it up with the Big Guy at our next meeting. : hi-c
    • i understand the people behind mp3pro are the same as the people behind mp3. why would they now "obvious... : BadRespawn
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    I'm supposed to believe you have 30 gigs of MP3's? :rolleyes: ... : kevp
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      30 gigs aint shit : industro
      • i thought 10 gigs was alot : ^-SeaWolf-^
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      Well shit, in the past I had around 20, so I don't see why 30 would be so unbelievable. Of course I r... : jrock
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        I have in the neighborhood of ~90 gigs. Man if I owned that many CD's... Heh. : Chunks
        • What in the fuk are you going to do with friggin' 90 gigs of music? How much of that is actually good an... : kevp
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      yes he does, Vantage also has 30gigs or more, get on the Direct Connect hub sometime and see for yoursel... : .spanky.
      • how does one get on this hub? : Quagmire
      • vantage has like 80 gigs. i shit you not. : sexninja!!!!
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  what's Ogg Vorbis? : Vis Inack
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    http://www.ogg-vorbis.com/ : the archvile
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      bal sagoth? : plutonium245
      • Always. : The Vantage AI™

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  You have to rip the CD to wav files first. : TreMetal
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    how do I do that? : Dig
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      You need to get a ripper.. if you have a normal mp3 ripper there is probably an option to just rip t... : TreMetal
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        what ripper do you use : Dig
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          I use: http://www.poikosoft.com/cdda/download.html A lot of people like one called CDex [because ... : TreMetal
          • I'll give it a shot. THanks. : Dig
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            cdex is the shit : Ominous
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              cdex is good but not the best EAC and LAME together make mp3s like butta its what everyone at SA uses ... : Vanny
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                CDes USES Lame dude. : Cygnus X-1
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                  I used CDex for a long time and got very good results out of it but whenever i ripped a CD i got a few s... : Vanny
                  • EAC does doublechecking and also tells you when it encounters potential scratches. I have yet to try it... : the archvile
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                no they have super l337 settings over there at nmp3s, its crazy. "-b1 -v -123 -adfsa niner" i didn't e... : khaosman
                • i use -V1 -mj -h --athtype 3 --lowpass 19.5 -b192 for mine just makes it 192 quality and better soundin... : Vanny
    • ou have to be running AOL. : kruel

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• Ogg Vorbis :) : mohmar

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• well, shit... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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  It might not sound *quite* as good as a CD rip, but it'll still be there. You'll just be compressing a ... : DinK
  • are you just saying that or do you know what you're talking about. if i could make my mp3 collection sm... : ^-SeaWolf-^
• I have to re-rip my 150 cds again? Cripes, that took FOREVER to do the first time. I'll be damned if I... : Dechter
• if you decompress it to wav format it IS decompressed and assuming this software would allow you to comp... : afrochops
• You can't add information back to the MP3 once you've lost it, but can't you get MP3Pro format files to ... : tedv

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• scratch that. There is quite a difference. Everything seems to be softened.. this will not replace 128kb... : --Viscid--
• i just encoded a wav i ripped straight from a cd and it sounds terrible.. the treble is completely gone ... : foof

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  "Ummm.. WMA or DivX audio at 64kbit already sounds much better than MP3 (at 64kbit)." heh, divx IS mp... : boobie
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    divx is not always mp3 for audio. It depends on what the encoder picks. : Ominous
    • (O_o) : boolean
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      did you even read what i said? i KNOW it doesnt have to be mp3, i SAID that. i just said thats the norm. : boobie
      • ahh i didn't read the whole thing b4 replying : Ominous
      • Audio and video codecs can be completely independant. I never said anything about video codec. DivX Au... : Freon
  • You can't encode an MP3 to 44khz 16bit stereo at 64kbit. WMA and DivX audio allow this. MP3 only allow... : Freon

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  it's not just lame, it's much worse than LAME. : the archvile
  • that deserves a slap across the face : diehlr
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  that's deserves a slap across the face : diehlr
  • er, so does replying to the wrong message.. : diehlr
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  u dont get the point ha? didnt even try it ha? rip a wav.. make it 64bit promp3 and listen... now make ... : alky
  • I think you didn't read all of his post: "But for what its worth, mp3pro @ 64 beats the crap out of mp3... : daggah
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    Him: "But for what its worth, mp3pro @ 64 beats the crap out of mp3 @ 64 bits." You:"rip a wav.. ma : Cygnus X-1
    • "The mp3pro demo is -LAME-. It only rips at 64kbps. " it is not ment to use higher bandwiths... that ... : alky

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• How is it? I was thinking about buying one of those. : Stormrider

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• More likely you'll just end up having 12G of higher quality mp3Pro files. : diehlr

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• Your Nomad is upgradable as are most of the other mp3 players. : Topaz

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  Analysts note that even the new MP3Pro will lack any kind of built-in anti-piracy mechanism. This makes : LightningBoy
  • HOORAY!!!!! : drazz
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    DIE WMA DIE! : -TKF-
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      SECONDED : Torias
      • THIRD'D : -TKF-

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• you'll probably need to rip it again since re-encoding the mp3 would be dreadfully lossy in terms of qua... : Vis Inack

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  No offense but are you deaf? mp3Pro sounds like Windows Media Audio. The higher frequencies sound like s... : diehlr
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    30 what player were you using to listen? : boobspy
    • the RCA Player included with the encoder. : diehlr
    • I should add, I am still impressed with the quality. It's just nowhere near as good as they said it was.... : diehlr

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• My Nomad Juke box has regula firmware updates. They recently added WMA support. I bet they add sup... : skilesare

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• 16 Doesn't exist :( : boobspy
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  too bad the encoder is only a demo capable of 64kbps. :( : emocore
  • the whole point of this is to show how good it sounds at a lower kbps :D : Vanny

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• #1 - Yah. The original has too much of a hold, and for non-portable sizes people aren't that concerned a... : Carnivac