ipod q?
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- smellvetica
ello, i've just got one finally!
what's the best format to rip to?
AAC or mp3 or m4a?
- ganon0
.m4u is the file extension for AAC...i use AAC, better compression, better sound...:
- mitsu0
this is a question you have to answer for yourself, but to do that you need to understand the fundamental differences between aac and mp3. aac uses a better compression technique, which for you translates into smaller file sizes.... if you have a high capacity storage device (10Gb+), then this really doesn't mean much... apple claims that the audio resolution is higher than mp3, whatever that means. what dictates higher 'resolution' is bit depth and high sampling rates... but at any rate, unless you have super human ears, this might not matter to you either. i don't use itunes to rip my cd's, so i'm not sure, but i believe the aac format is also protected to restrict the transferring files from your ipod to another machine, and while there are 3rd party programs that let you do this, there's no need for this with mp3.
- smellvetica0
thanks peeps!
- whiteSneaks0
also keep in mind other places you would like to use your music in the future. such as cars, wireless network mp3 players around the house, etc.
i use mp3 for the wide variety devices they work with.
- JamesEngage0
i do mp3 at 190... coz with a decent pair of speakers lower quality mp3's sound awful... might be why the ipod comes with those dodgy little headphones
- dstlb0
160kbps AAC sounds fine through my super-stacking-stereo-system and I think the rights-restriction only applies to files downloaded from the iTunes Music Store, not stuff you rip yourself.
- mitsu0
"I think the rights-restriction only applies to files downloaded from the iTunes Music Store, not stuff you rip yourself."
ah... thanks for that info, i wasn't sure..
- jevad0
I always always rip at either 192 or above - never anything lower because it loses sound quality....