Hi Kevin. I guess maybe I should make my next burns WMA's! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:09 PM Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive
> Yep, you can see that the support for WMA files is getting more and more > prevalent which is what attracted me to use the WMA lossless format as a > true means of archiving my CD collection. MP3 is great for my computer > and > portable players but I've been a little disappointed when burning discs > and > playing them back on my Linn hi-fi system even when ripped at the highest > available MP3 rates. > > Kevin > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:00 PM > Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive > > >> Hi Kevin! With the DVD player I have now, I can play the WMA files I >> have >> on some disks, where I wasn't able to on my previous DVD player! I >> guess >> that more MP3 CD players are allowing for the WMA format! >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:09 PM >> Subject: Re: transferring music collection to hard drive >> >> >> > Hi Scott. >> > >> > I'm using windows media player to archive my CD collection using WMA >> > lossless as my choice of format. >> > >> > As it says, it's a lossless format and so quality is guaranteed. >> > Therefore, >> > if you want to burn to CD in the future and play on a real hi-fi >> > system, >> > you're going to get the full frequency range. This is where I've > noticed >> > the compression in MP3 files that otherwise sound great when played on >> > a >> > computer or portable device. >> > >> > There are other lossless formats but I think those have disadvantages. >> > Flak >> > and OG aren't really supported out there in mainstream players very > often >> > whereas WMA is and I don't think Microsoft are going to go away too >> > quickly >> > so the format will be around for a considerable number of years. WAV >> > is >> > uncompressed and so is larger than WMA files but even more of a >> > disadvantage >> > is that you don't have any ID3 tags in WAV files. >> > >> > A typical WMA lossless track of about 5 mins can be around the 30MB >> > mark >> > but >> > memory is cheap. >> > >> > I convert my music down to 128kbps on the fly when loading up my > portable >> > MP3 hard drive player so there's no problems in taking at least some of > my >> > collection with me when I travel. You could though create MP3 files > from >> > the WMA files by using a program like Goldwave. Because you're > converting >> > from a lossless format, you are able to go ahead and create files in > other >> > formats from your WMA masters without losing quality due to mixing and >> > matching of formats. You will of course get quality degradation by >> > reducing >> > the bit rates. >> > >> > So, just to be clear, I rip to WMA lossless and keep those files as my >> > archive masters. I store them on an external hard drive and don't >> > touch >> > these again. If I want to shrink the music to take away from the >> > computer, >> > I use Goldwave to create new smaller MP3 files or use the morph >> > function >> > that comes with my notmad explorer software to shrink the music on the > fly >> > as I load my Creative jukebox. >> > >> > Regards. >> > >> > Kevin >> > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Scott Blanks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org>; >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:46 AM >> > Subject: transferring music collection to hard drive >> > >> > >> >> Hi folks, >> >> >> >> I have a number of cd's that I am considering copying to my hard >> >> drive; >> > I've >> >> had those discs for many years and I am concerned about deterioration >> > and/or >> >> scratching, etc. However, I don't know what file format I should > convert >> > the >> >> tracks into. I have free versions of Real Player and Winamp, and of >> > course, >> >> Windows Media. With those, I know I can choose between mp3, WMA, and >> >> possibly another format using the newest version of Winamp. What I > would >> >> like to accomplish is converting the tracks into a high quality file > that >> >> does not take up too much space. >> >> >> >> For those of you who have converted a large number of discs into audio >> >> files, what format did you choose and why? Should I shell out money >> >> for > a >> >> more powerful program than the ones I've already mentioned? >> >> >> >> Very curious, >> >> Scott >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> > http://www.pc-audio.org >> > >> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
