best (if needed) way 2 compress mp3 for storage?

[Guest simplyteenage]

iv got an spv c500 , n i wanted 2 no if there is a better format for songs to b played on windows media player. if there is du i need a different program? i can du mp3 to wma, ogg, vqf(wont even go into wav), can windows media support these, and wich(if any) has a lower mb than mp3? if there is a better 1, wat is it?

cheers in advance

[Guest chucky.egg]

OGG is good for small size, but I found the conversion took ages using WinLame, so now I use WMA (converted from MP3 using AllToWMA, which is commercial but there are freeware tools to do the same)

I don't use Media Player, I use BetaPlayer - which I find to be excellent

[Guest pete_thomson]

OGG is good for small size, but I found the conversion took ages using WinLame, so now I use WMA (converted from MP3 using AllToWMA, which is commercial but there are freeware tools to do the same)

I don't use Media Player, I use BetaPlayer - which I find to be excellent

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Never used OGG myself, but WMA at 64kb/s sound virtually identical to 128Kb/s MP3 but approx half size.