My understanding is that the general consensus is that any size gain you
might achieve through converting mp3s to aacs is offset by a quality
degradation induced by any "tanscoding" operation (any conversion from one
lossy codec to another.) If you are running out of space on your iPod,
Steve Jobs would love it if you bought a 2nd one. Otherwise, transcode
away...just be prepared for some loss of sound quality, even though aac
allegedly has better specs than mp3.
Ephpod isn't an encoding application, so it won't do that kind of
conversion. iTunes should do what you want to do. You might also try
Poikosoft's Easy CD-DA extractor. http://poikosoft.com It includes an audio
format conversion utility that has worked very well for me. I think that
the freely downloadable version includes a 15 day trial.
For myself, I've yet to be overwhelmed by any aac encoded material at the
quality levels I like to listen at. I'm still hearing artifacts that I
don't hear in mp3s. The only material that I've found that consistently
sounds better encoded via aac is 60's and 70's analog harpsicord recordings
(e.g. Gustav Leonhardt's recordings.) So, for now, I'm continuing to encode
everthing as mp3, vbr, highest quality.
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From: ephpod-***@wso.williams.edu
[mailto:ephpod-***@wso.williams.edu]On Behalf Of Michael R. Habel
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 1:51 PM
To: ***@wso.williams.edu
Subject: [ephpod] Converting .mp3 to .m4a (AAC .mp4)
Hay I got a question about Ephpod Ver 2.75.
Can I use Ephpod to convert .mp3's into .m4a's (AAC .mp4's)
Or am I forced to use iTunes to do this type of conversion??
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