On Sun, 2015-08-23 at 14:45 -0400, James Knott wrote:
I just started experimenting with ffmpeg and was wondering if the sound quality is maintained during conversion. I converted an ogg file to mp3 and see the mp3 is smaller. Did I lose audio quality in the process?
MP3 & OGG both utilize lossy compression algorithms - meaning they throw data away to achieve compression rates. So, YES, it is an absolute mathematical certainty that you loose data, and thus you loose quality. No question, no doubt, and no way around it. But does it matter? Apparently not, otherwise everyone wouldn't be using MP3 files. It probably does matter at some point as you throw away more and more data [which would occur every time someone reformats/recreates/etc... the file]. But when is up to the listener. -- Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam@whitemice.org> GPG D95ED383 Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org