[paolo]

D-Dub,Nov 1 2005, 06: Wrote:"128 kbps MP3 to 128 kbps M4A just degrades the file more as the different codecs remove different information to compact the file."

True but why would you do that ?, 128kbps mp3 is equivilant to 96kbps m4a and you gain space. Thats what Im saying..........


A 10 meg m4a song will have better quality then a 10 meg mp3. The 10 meg m4a song is encoded in a higher quality, but the compression is done differently.
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ya but then once you convert your entire mp3 library over, you need compatible software and hardware to play it, right? all my DJ stuff uses the most common file extensions, ie: mp3, wav, aiff, riff, ru, xm, etc... so it would be pointless for me to waste all the money i spent on my dj and audio software if it wont read my music library, secondly, my headunits in my cars and my dvd player in my living room reads data cd's with mp3 files stored on it, thirdly, all my cellphones recognize MP3, WAVE and AMR file formats only, so now im going to have to buy new DJ/Audio mixing software, a new head unit, for my car, a new cellphone that doesnt exist in the market yet that plays m4a and a new DVD player for my entertainment room for what, just to save an extra 10 megs of free space on my CD?