I currently have all my songs ripped at 256 AAC. I performed the
test where I ripped the same song at different rates and in different
formats, then played them all through headphones, chose the best one,
and then I bumped up the bitrate for good measure and because I had the
space.<br>
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But I recently acquired a 250G hard drive and I am currently re-ripping
everything to FLAC. I'm going to use those FLAC files as an
archive and convert them to MP3 and reload my iPod with those. <br>
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matt.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/6/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">FC Farwell</b> <<a href="mailto:frankfarwell@mac.com">frankfarwell@mac.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>On May 5, 2005, at 9:46 PM, <a href="mailto:x4u-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">x4u-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</a><br>wrote:<br><br>> Neil <<a href="mailto:Lists@mac.com">Lists@mac.com</a>>
<br>><br>>> ... Still curious what people on this list are using...<br>><br>> AAC in iTunes at 128. I'm more curious about people's encoding speed.<br>> I<br>> used to get 9x on my old G4 under Mac o/s 9. I just ripped a bunch of
<br>> CD's<br>> last week and only got 1x.<br><br>If im importing mp3 i use NMP3 ripper I get up to a little above 10X<br>IIRC lame is a better encoder for mp3 and is slower then AAC. Using<br>iTunes AAC 224 setting I achieve up to 18x toward the end of a rip that
<br>starts about 12x. This is on a Dual G4 MDD. CD drives can be a<br>limiting factor too. My Apple branded Phillips CD-RW drive rips faster<br>then my Pioneer DVR 105 drive.<br><br>FC Farwell<br><br>_______________________________________________
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