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scuba steve
June 23rd, 2010, 07:05 PM
i was wondering what the best format to put your music into was like AAC, WMA, or just mp3 etc or is their even any differance at all...?
Aves
June 23rd, 2010, 08:49 PM
I don't know to be honest. I just keep mine as MP3s
Sugaree
June 23rd, 2010, 09:15 PM
It doesn't really matter in the long run. However, mp3 typically shortens data that would be extended in other file types like Flac, Shn, WMA, AAC, etc.. You won't really notice a difference, but apparently some people are anal enough to find it. Keeping them as mp3s is better anyway because of the less space they take up.
scuba steve
June 24th, 2010, 04:12 PM
It doesn't really matter in the long run. However, mp3 typically shortens data that would be extended in other file types like Flac, Shn, WMA, AAC, etc.. You won't really notice a difference, but apparently some people are anal enough to find it. Keeping them as mp3s is better anyway because of the less space they take up.

yea, i can remember my cousin saying once that AAC sounded better than mp3 on ipods and it confudled my head a little lol
Sugaree
June 24th, 2010, 08:30 PM
yea, i can remember my cousin saying once that AAC sounded better than mp3 on ipods and it confudled my head a little lol

There's no difference really. AAC and MP3 are pretty much the same thing. Nothing much to worry over.
Bryan B
June 24th, 2010, 09:56 PM
Yes MP3 and ACC are almost the same but i recommend more the MP3 is more know and accepted by many software, but if you want a lot of quality use WAV
Nathaniel
June 25th, 2010, 07:22 AM
Personally I use AAC, however I am sure that (as mentioned above) they are basically the same thing.
Commander Thor
June 25th, 2010, 09:03 PM
Really it depends if you're an audiophile or not, it also depends on your sound system, media player, and/or sound card if you notice differences in audio quality.

For the vast majority of people though, mp3 will do just fine.

But for an audiophile such as myself, WMA lossless is where it's at.
Magus
June 25th, 2010, 11:54 PM
AAC is more compressed than MP3. I mentioned this before( I think). If a 5 MB 192 kbps file is in mp3, it will be rendered to 1.5 MB in 128 Kbps in AAC.

This sound format is best for cellphones and not really recommended for anything else.