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Convert MP3 Files while Keeping original Cue Points

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  • December 16, 2016 at 8:35 pm #2481571
    DJ Tucker
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    Please don’t do that. There is absolutely no way to upconvert an audio track. Once it was compressed down to anything below 320, that data is lost forever. The best thing you can do with your tracks that are lower than 320 is to leave them alone or try to find new, higher bitrate versions.

    If you were tech savvy, you could try looking into iTunes match, as I had great luck replacing many of my lower bitrate songs with updated versions of them but I don’t think that tedious trial-and-error approach will work for most people.

    Finally, I would recommend lossless in the form of flac or m4a for any new tracks you rip but always remember that once a song has been compressed into a lossy format, that information is lost forever. You should google around for explanations of lossy and lossless compression.

    Peace

    December 16, 2016 at 9:14 pm #2481591
    Zachary Brasseaux
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    This is why I try and get my music in the form of CD’s if possible, so I can rip them myself and always have that copy. If not, then I will swing for the lossless files and if not then and I feel I need to have it, 320kbps

    December 17, 2016 at 1:45 am #2481621
    squarecell
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    alt.rock is correct. Upconverting your MP3 files will not improve the audio quality in any way. You’re essentially putting the same amount of bits (data) into a larger container, if you get my metaphor – the overall package is bigger, but content stays exactly the same.

    December 17, 2016 at 8:48 am #2481631
    Chuck Van Eekelen
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    You heard the guys, don”t do it. Squarecell is even being nice about the content being the same in a bigger container.

    Fact is that if you would put the same content in a bigger container, there would be lots of empty space around the old content. MP3 containers can’t have empty space though. So what happens is that during re-compressing the software will try to GUESS what should be in the empty space, thus introducing musical information that wasn’t there before!

    Conclusion: a 320MP3 made from a 128MP3 can actually sound WORSE than the 128MP3 you started with (and we all know that 128MP3 is really horrible quality).

    I’ll +1 Cypress in always getting your music in the highest possible quality (CD or WAV/FLAC/AIFF if you know/trust the source) and doing the compression to 320MP3 yourself. This way you will always have a high quality copy to go back to should something happen.

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