Re: [OT] mp3Pro files

["Paul Robinson" <ukcueman@xxxxxxx>]

They will play - they are backward compatible, to a degree. But the quality
you will get from a standard mp3 player from mp3pro files is worse than if
you had simply produced an MP3 in the first place.

You'll have to check all of your mp3 players to make sure they handle it,
otherwise you have to accept reduced quality.

It's also not recommended to re-encode mp3 to mp3pro. AIUI it's better to
encode an original directly to mp3pro.

Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Lamb" <rjl@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 1:18 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] mp3Pro files


> Just found that MusicMatch can create mp3Pro files which could save
> a lot of space. It also has two top level recording qualities, 'CD
> Transparency' at 96 kbps and 'CD Quality' at 64 kbps. As I'm
> currently ripping at 'CD Quality' 128 kbps in ordinary MP3, I could
> potentially halve the storage space. Does anyone have experience of
> this file format? Presumably these will not play on 'standard' MP3
> players?
>
> Rob
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