smaller than Mp3???

[lock16]

I heard something that it is possible to compress Mp3's to make them even SMALLER..... any truth to this???

thanks..

[John Kennedy]

Lowering the bitrate can lower the file size drastically. CD quality is 320kbps, you can lower it as far down as you want but once you start getting lower than 128 you start to notice the lessened quality more.

smaller then mp3 probaly sounds like a midi file...

[Fierce1]

You talkin about AAC? (Apple/Mac uses this) - you can get smaller files than MP3 and also higher quality at the same time:

"AAC compressed audio at 128 kbps (stereo) has been judged by expert listeners to be “indistinguishable” from the original uncompressed audio source.*
AAC compressed audio at 96 kbps generally exceeded the quality of MP3 compressed audio at 128 kbps. AAC at 128 kbps provides significantly superior performance than does MP3 at 128 kbps.*
AAC was the only Internet audio codec evaluated in the range “Excellent” at 64 kbps for all of the audio items tested in EBU listening tests.* "

[lock16]

Originally posted by Fierce1
You talkin about AAC? (Apple/Mac uses this) - you can get smaller files than MP3 and also higher quality at the same time:

"AAC compressed audio at 128 kbps (stereo) has been judged by expert listeners to be “indistinguishable” from the original uncompressed audio source.*
AAC compressed audio at 96 kbps generally exceeded the quality of MP3 compressed audio at 128 kbps. AAC at 128 kbps provides significantly superior performance than does MP3 at 128 kbps.*
AAC was the only Internet audio codec evaluated in the range “Excellent” at 64 kbps for all of the audio items tested in EBU listening tests.* "

do they make a PC version???

[Fierce1]

its mainly an apple/mac compression but I think you can get it to work with Winamp on a pc

try this computer geek forum link http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=133742

or you can wait for mp4