There are aspects of this than can be confusing. However, a higher bit rate will only be of higher quality if the original is of a higher quality than the copy you are making. Up-converting from a lower quality won't necessarily improve the sound. That doesn't mean that there are not cases where up- converting might not be a good idea. For example, I just learned that I Tunes will only store MP3's of a certain bit-rate in the cloud. You might have to convert a slower bit-rate to a higher one to take advantage of that. In the case of YouTube, it is always hard to know from my experience what the bit rate of the original is. You might want to use a faster bit-rate just to be sure you aren't loosing anything,. However, using a bit rate of 320KBPS does not guarantee that what you have is the same as making a 320KBPS version of audio that originated on a CD that was an original purchase. When music is passed around, it is only as good as the slowest bit rate in the chain. If someone puts a 128KBPS MP3 onto a CD, the CD version will for the mostpart faithfully reproduce the original including any negatives introduced by the encoder that produced the 128KBPS file.
Now, it is possible that additional distortion is introduced by whatever decoder is playing the 128KBPS file and that the original sounds better than it does on a specific player and that can confuse the issue some, but increasing the bit-rate isn't going to magically bring back quality that was lost. Some of this is very subjective, though. If you take a 128KBPS file and convert it to a 320KBPS file and it sounds better, it could be that you have a player that plays 320KBPS files better. There are variables like this that could cause one to want all of their recordings to be at a higher bit-rate, but it would be incorrect to think that quality is actually being added when converting from a lower bit-rate. Best regards, Steve Jacobson . On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:54:59 -0500, Gary Wood wrote: >But wouldn't a higher bit rate MP3 be of higher quality, albeit a little, >rather than a lot? It may be relative, considering the song you're >listening to, though. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dujari, Prateek" <prateek.duj...@intel.com> >To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:36 AM >Subject: RE: Trouble with youtubetomp3.com >there is a huge fallacy in assuming a 300kbps mp3 is going to sound better >than a 128kbps mp3. by definition,mp3 is a lossy format that degrades the >sound from a lossless WAV or flac format. So using a 300kbps mp3 is >like.ummm, using a 20gallon bucket to carry only 5 gallons of water.. >Prateek >-----Original Message----- >From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] >On Behalf Of André van Deventer >Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 11:20 PM >To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' >Subject: RE: Trouble with youtubetomp3.com >I'm just wondering - is it really worth it converting youtube videos to more >than 128 kbps? I usually try to find th highest encoding I can for mp3 >files - no less than 320 if I can, but are files on youtube encoded at such >a high bitrate? >Andre >-----Original Message----- >From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] >On Behalf Of Dean Masters >Sent: 27 March 2012 01:27 AM >To: PC Audio Discussion List >Subject: Re: Trouble with youtubetomp3.com >I just used it a couple of days ago and it didn't ask for anything like a >password, etc. >I found the edit field and pasted the URL from YouTube in it I then checked >the radio button for high quality. >then tabbed and entered on convert. >I then just waited for the download button to appear. >There is some way you can have an account and it will e-mail the download >link but I don't remember if they asked for that after you hit the convert >button or not. >did you wait for a while then look for a download button? >I tried to get something from this site but YouTube would not let them have >the video to get the music from. so sometimes these sites are not allowed to >get the audio from the video. so you just have to wait and see if it gives >you a download button or not. >Dean >-----Original Message----- >From: Dujari, Prateek >Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 4:54 PM >To: PC Audio Discussion List >Subject: Trouble with youtubetomp3.com >Hello. >I went to the youtubetomp3.com web site, pasted in a youtube URL , selected, >high quality and hit the conversion button. However this gave me a web page >asking me to sign in and nowhere suggesting that the service converted the >video page to mp3. >So do I need to sign up as a mandate? >If yes, I see no where create an account. >would you pl offer help? >Prateek >-----Original Message----- >From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] >On Behalf Of Dean Masters >Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 12:57 PM >To: PC Audio Discussion List >Subject: Re: Request: free online conversion of youtube videos to high >bitrate mp3 >Here you can choose high quality if you wish: >http://www.youtubetomp3.com/ >Dean >-----Original Message----- >From: Dujari, Prateek >Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:36 PM >To: PC Audio Discussion List >Subject: Request: free online conversion of youtube videos to high bitrate >mp3 >Hello. >I have come across a couple of platform independent websites that easily let >you paste in a youtube URL and quickly convert it to a mp3 and offer it for >free download. My challenge is finding such a service that converts to a >high bit rate mp3 that is greater than 128kbps. Do you know of any such >online service that offers a high bit rate mp3 free of charge. . >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
