  jlanci
join:2005-08-30 Staten Island, NY | reply to rusdi Re: Upconverting AAC files
Ok, so are you then saying that you cannot re-encode at a higher bitrate? It seems odd to me that you can always compress but you can't go the opposite way. It's like once you compress you're stuck. |
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  rusdi American V Premium,MVM join:2001-04-28 Flippin, AR clubs:
| said by jlanci :It's like once you compress you're stuck. PREZACTALLY! 
Once the compression is done. You can never recover the final rendition to its original pristine sound.
Hate to be the "bearer of sad news", but you just described the situation perfectly.  -- F@H console client Come fold for a cure with us. |
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  jlanci
join:2005-08-30 Staten Island, NY
| So then in theory you could never go higher than CD quality audio which is what 128kbps wav format... i think??
So for example you cannot rip a CD at 256kbps and hear any difference because the source is still encoded at 128kbps?
Am I correct or is there a way to repair the damage done during compression and guess at the missing information to bring it back up to full quality. I know this can be done with photos. |
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  rusdi American V Premium,MVM join:2001-04-28 Flippin, AR clubs:
| said by jlanci :So then in theory you could never go higher than CD quality audio which is what 128kbps wav format... i think?? So for example you cannot rip a CD at 256kbps and hear any difference because the source is still encoded at 128kbps? No "theory". That's exactly right!
You can re-encode a 128 bitrate tune @ a higher encoded bitrate, however it can't be higher quality sound, than the original 128 bitrate sound...you do in fact understand.  -- F@H console client Come fold for a cure with us. |
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