>From: "chris lee" <chris.a.lee@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] ripping from vinyl (since it's too OT to continue where
>it was.)
>Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:20:32 -0400
>
>No kidding! Those suckers are heavy! I've got a good question that
>relates to this. >Once I do get my system hooked up to do this, I would
>really like to go with the highest >bitrate possible--or whatever I need to
>get the sound really outstanding. I've noticed >that you can rip a cd on
>ripper-x with lame at 320 KBS, but most of the mp3's you see >out there are
>180 usually. Is that about as high as you can push it, or can you go
> >higher? I don't yet have a sound card that I would trust with the
>capture process but >this too will change with time...
If you want something of archival quality then don't use lossy encoding
(e.g. mp3/ogg vorbis) or some of the audio data will be discarded in the
encoding process. If you're short on space and do not wish to store wav
files, check out FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
[http://flac.sourceforge.net/]. It is a lossless encoder that compresses the
original wav but does not discard any data. There are several benefits to
going this route:
-saves space (FLAC usually results in about 60-80 % of the original file
size)
-FLAC supports the same metadata tags as Ogg Vorbis so you can store info
in the files (e.g. artist name, track title, album name, etc.)
-FLAC is an open format that is implemented by several software and hardware
players and works out of the box with most Linux distros
-you can convert to other lossless formats in the future without loosing
quality
There may be other lossless codecs as well but FLAC seems to have the most
momentum on the Free Software scene at the moment.
-Jonathon
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