Re: MP3 or WMA

["Rowdy" <aoop43@xxxxxxx>]

I would probably want to listen by album, the 2 bits of software for
playing
I've tried are Windows media Player and Musicmatch Jukebox. Although I
find
them ok, WMP is the only one which show album level. The Musicmatch
shows
all tracks for an artist, for all albums, pity when selecting an artist
it
then doesn't show their albums. Any suggestions here on either I can
achieve
this using the two bits of software or recommend another?

Also do people tend to back up their files, as they get quite large, what
do
people use?

Thanks

Keith

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric de Oude" <eric.de.oude@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 7:47 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] MP3 or WMA


> Stuart wrote
>
>
> "Frankly I'd just find a set of tools (encoding and playing) that
you
> like and use whatever format they use, unless you're likely to
> exchange files with folks who might otherwise have a
> preference... ;-)"
>
> Got to agree here big time. Most importantly for me it depends on
> where/what you are going to replay your songs on. I had a Rio 300 and
a
> Rio 500 for many years - these devices would only support MP3 - So
the
> choice was pretty straight forward. As I had a 64Mb Rio and 64Mb card
-
> that left me with 128Mb of music for the day, so space becomes
very
> important. I ripped the same song at differing bit rates and
tested.
> Eventually I settled on 128Kbps.
>
> The software suite I used was dictated by how I got music onto the
> device.
>
> Nowadays music gets listened to on the iPAQ during the day and Rio
> Receiver at home. As space is still very important to me on the iPAQ,
I
> have stuck to 128Kbps, but moved to WMA files as Windows Media
Player
> was the easiest way to transfer files. I do think the WMA is better
than
> MP3 at 128Kbps.
>
> Next thing to consider is how do you listen to music - in other words
do
> you like a mixed up bunch of songs, or do you listen on a album
basis.
> The software you use will have differing support for playlists etc
> between MP3 and WMA. Tag and Rename does not support WMA. Although
the
> media library Management Wizard supplied with the Windows XP Media
> Player Bonus pack can be used.
>
> Loads to think about - Do some tests yourself, understand if the set
of
> tools does the job for you, and then rip away.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
>
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