
How to increase quality of an mp3
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aquevedo831
, Jul 27 2006 07:05 PM
#1
Posted 27 July 2006 - 07:05 PM

#2
Posted 29 July 2006 - 08:27 AM

32 kbps is way too low for quality audio. CD quality needs to be at least 128kbps. Unfortunately there's no way you can improve what you have. Quality has to be decided at the conversion/ripping stage and that's already been done on the files you downloaded. You'll only get better quality by downloading better quality files in the first place.
#3
Posted 29 July 2006 - 10:38 AM

Well I guess I'll try to find a better quality version of what I downloaded. Thank you
#4
Posted 29 July 2006 - 07:47 PM

To give you an analogy, suppose you saved a thumbnail image and then printed it full page. It would look very pixelated and of poor quality. It just doesn't contain enough data to fill the page. The same is true of MP3's. A 32kps file doesn't contain enough data to offer a great listening experience.
#5
Posted 30 July 2006 - 02:17 AM

i think original cd quality is 1411 kbps, so you see that is indeed a HUGE difference. most people don't hear the difference between 128 kbps and more, so as pip22 mentioned, that should be your lower boundry
#6
Posted 30 July 2006 - 02:47 AM

Page 3 looks at file sizing, they rate 176 kbps as acceptable for audio
http://www.columbia....o_File_Size.pdf
http://www.columbia....o_File_Size.pdf
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