Guest mofo Posted March 16, 2004 Report Posted March 16, 2004 I've read here that people save a lot of space by converting theirs mp3 to .wma (one user says that his files are under 1Mb and still good quality). Ok, I did the same. I dowloaded dbPower Amp Music convertor but I need help with settings. It uses codec Windows Media Audio 9 and I don't have clue what should I choose CBR, VBR... how many kbps and how many kHz... Please help! newby
Guest ultimasnake Posted March 17, 2004 Report Posted March 17, 2004 Vbr stands for variable bit rate.. this is not always the best in size but seems to save you some size, but sometimes you lose quality , since it has a variable bitrate the bitrate can be 32 or even 256 per second. CBR stands for constant bitrate (like 128kbps) and might be a bit bigger but always has the promised bitrate , and it wont go over the 128kbps i think you have to mess between those .. but i would just suggest 44khz Stereo VBR/CBR or if you think the quality can be a bit lower go for 32khz
Guest siu99spj Posted March 18, 2004 Report Posted March 18, 2004 I've read here that people save a lot of space by converting theirs mp3 to .wma (one user says that his files are under 1Mb and still good quality).OK, thats NOT gonna happen. All I can say to that user is that they're lying. Anything below about 1MB per minute and the audio suffers. You might not notice it through the phones speaker, but put it through a reasonable pair of headphones and you'll notice, trust me. as for the space saving, there's not an awful lot, it jyst depends on your tolerance for low-bitrates. Me? I stick to MP3, as that what my CD player plays and I can't be bothered converting all my files just for my phone. Ok, I did the same. I dowloaded dbPower Amp Music convertor but I need help with settings. It uses codec Windows Media Audio 9 and I don't have clue what should I choose CBR, VBR... how many kbps and how many kHz... Please help! newby Windows Media Audio 9 will create files INCOMPATIBLE with the original SPV, E100 and MPx200 (And any other Windows Phone 2002 device). For those you must use Windows Media Audio 7 or below, which is almost identical to MP3 in audio quality and file size. However, WMA9 WILL work with 2003 devices. The settings you'll want to consider are 44kHz, 32-128kbps VBR. You might be able to survive a lower frequency but I don't recommend it for headphones. However, if you're using the phones speaker, you can drop to 11kHz without any serious loss of quality (Well, the speaker can only handle about 10kHz so whats the point of going higher?). Hope this helps...
Guest scott2eyes Posted March 18, 2004 Report Posted March 18, 2004 I've been using Windows Media for XP, which I think is version 8, and that works fine with my MPx200. I've read here that people save a lot of space by converting theirs mp3 to .wma I think you would be better off going back to the source and ripping them from the CD again- any loss of quality from the MP3 compression is still going to be there, on top of any loss in quality from the WMA compression. For what you save in coverting them (or re-ripping them), I personally don't think it's really worth the time and effort. Especially if you've got a reasonably sized (ie. 128Mb+) SD card. (And if you haven't, you'd be better off putting the time and effort in at work and buying yourself one!)
Guest MECX Posted March 18, 2004 Report Posted March 18, 2004 im using media player 9 to convert on the fly to 64Kb/s WMA and put the music on my SD card. (works with my MPX200 orginal SPV and E200) Just go into Media player 9 and go to 'copy to CD or device' on the side tabs, pick your storage card from the right menu and click the 'i' button to set your quality level. it takes quite long if you use the phone and the cradle to transfer the files. good luck :)
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