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m4a vs. mp3?
Is m4a higher quality or something? What's the difference?
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Re: m4a vs. mp3?
Different encoding algorithm.
I'm pretty sure m4a has slower scrolling, and MP3's have been optimized to ****, so it's gonna be hard to outperform them. |
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Re: m4a vs. mp3?
Both formats are lossy. m4a is the next iteration of the mpeg layer standards, mpeg layer 4.
You can find more information here. So yes: m4a > mp3 Edit: Looks like a lot of other sites assert that mp3 and m4a are roughly the same quality, or that m4a is slightly worse. Personally, I'd stick with mp3. |
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Re: m4a vs. mp3?
I don't understand the whole lossless movement except maybe for the argument that you can scale down but never up. Regardless, 95% of people don't need lossless.
Just use .mp3. Not that it makes much difference at all. |
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Re: m4a vs. mp3?
There's [censored] all difference. They claim better compression and sound quality but amongst the tech community that's considered nonsense. Google it.
I purchase music through iTunes and I can't see any difference for most songs except slower decoding times. With electronic dance musicthe difference is more noticable, the 128kbps m4p file is pwned by 160kbps mp3. |
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