Re: MP3 to OGG converters

From: Ian Malone (ibm21_at_cam.ac.uk)
Date: 12/11/04

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    Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote:

    > On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 06:01:02PM -0800, Austin Isler wrote:
    > > >They're both lossy codecs but work on a different basis, converting
    > > >between them will further reduce the quality of the audio...
    > > All this talk of lossy codecs, so please inform us of a good codec.
    >
    > I think you misunderstand. There's no particular problem with having a lossy
    > codec -- it just means that some information is being discarded, but
    > hopefully not very important information to the sound of the file.
    >
    > The problem comes when you take something that was compressed with one lossy
    > algorithm, and convert it to a totally different one. Odds are good you'll
    > end up with the worst effects of both.

    Further info at <http://www.vorbis.com/faq.psp#lossy>. The original
    question of converting is dealt with also --- three questions further
    down. 

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imalone
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