Music playback on M500

[Guest slav1c]

better than mp3...yep as far as size of file on disk and quality :o

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just a simple answer... if you want the in depth answer then link provided at bottom.... the reason people think WMA is the thing for portable is simply a marketing ploy :(

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....topic=35741&hl=

[Guest maxwell_hung]

slav1c in the context of what we're talking about I don't think MS marketing or whether politically using a closed source proprietory codec is better or worse than, say mp3.

I don't care if MS say a 64kbps is comparable to CD quality, I know it isn't but fact is a 64kbps WMA file sounds better than a 64kbps mp3 file and that the 64kbps is comparable to that of an mp3 at 128kbps but without the filesize.

Bretto's point is that when you don't have much storage space it is better to use WMA at lower bitrates to get more on the device.

Personally I would rather use mp3 because it's easier for me to convert my songs to it, but if I'm running out of room I know I can use WMA to get more songs on without the loss of quality

Bretto WMA workshop seems good, although I downloaded the trial of All to WMA Converter for ease of use