On 22/04/13 12:34, lynn wrote:
On 22/04/13 11:54, lynn wrote:
On 22/04/13 12:33, Damon Register wrote:
On 4/22/2013 3:19 AM, lynn wrote:
I'm converting some music CD's for my 'phone using Sound Juicer. It's fine for rock/pop but poor for classical tracks. I notice sound juicer will only write ogg. It says mp3 and mp4 output is not Now you got me a little bit curious. In what way is it poor for classical?
Damon Register An example? Listen to Heinz Holliger playing Vivaldi on Philips 456 333-2. On the wav you can hear breathing and the keys clicking. On the ogg you can't.
Are you playing it on the same hardware? That sort of detail may be removed by "error correction" or other filtering in the encoding process, and would certainly not be reproduced faithfully by a phone. The wav sounds worse than the ogg on the phone, but just as good on a laptop coming directly from the cd as a proper (10 year old) hifi system. Maybe I should try another app? The quality is very good on
On 22/04/13 13:11, Dylan wrote: the 'phone as it is. You can tell the difference between an ogg at 1 and an ogg at 6 for example. Maybe I'm expecting too much? L x Coming a bit late to this a couple of points.
By definition wav is a lossless format so all things being equal will sound better than any compressed format, simply because the ripping process preserves more data. If a properly ripped wav sounds worse than an ogg on a phone then your problem is likely to be the phone and/or the headphones used with it. In general terms I would expect the audio chip on the phone to be designed to cope with the lower amount of data contained on an ogg rather than the much bigger wav file. The app you use shouldn't make any difference they are all frontends to the various encoding programmes already cited by others. FWIW I still use kaudiocreator from kde3 to rip and encode cds. On a kde4 system its still easily installable, just add the relevant KDE3 app and libraries. You can also use k3b to do the same thing, the crucial point to use a high enough bitrate I use ogg 8 but ogg 6 is probably good enough. But that's subjective it all depends on what is good enough for you. One last thought you don't say what headphones you are using with the phone, anything better than those supplied can make a major difference, and without looking at a lot of money. HTH Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org