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which audio codec that rockbox supports is the best?

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lights0ut:

--- Quote from: LambdaCalculus379 on September 15, 2008, 01:36:12 PM ---
Converting a 128kbps MP3 file into another lossy format is going to sound terrible.

At this rate, you're best off just re-ripping all of your CDs into a lossless codec (i.e. FLAC), and then transcoding to a lossy format (i.e. Vorbis).

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Agreed

As long as it is encoded with LAME I'm happy with mp3's at 160, 128 or 96 kbps depending on which DAP my music is going on. I choose mp3 because of its universal compatibility, but I know I would probably be better off with Vorbis (V4 or V5) due to its smaller size and better efficiency. I just don't want to end up with several codecs on my DAP.

I am by no means an expert listener or stickler for quality, so I am alright with transcoding anything above a 192kbps mp3 to lower bitrates. I know this is a no no but I don't have a lot of my music in FLAC on my PC it is mostly 192k, ~256kVBR and 320k which I consider to be way too large for a DAP.

In the end it's what sounds acceptable to the listener, so take a CD and use something like mediacoder to rip to a few formats and see what you like.

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