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[Denthúl]

256kbps AAC is the iTunes Plus format, anything of that or better will result in fantastic sound.

And steer clear of MP3, it's highly portable, but not as portable (Or as good) as AAC, which is actually the intended successor to MP3.

FAAC and FAAD2, if you must

I tend to use Vorbis as a good compromise between quality and file size, and because it's FOSS whereas MP3 isn't.

FOSS is overrated. I prefer Standards. AAC is Standard.

That's why I use h.264 video, and not Dirac.

Free and open is what I like my software to be. If I can't modify it to suit my needs, then it isn't worth much to me. Obviously not everyone has that want/need, so it doesn't matter to them, but it's exactly what I'm after

[bud]

256kbps does not result in great sound. To be honest, 320 is compressed too and it shows. CD quality (320) is a compromise between sound quality and size. The fact that 320 is considered the ultimate because of the excessive compression used in mp3 formats is a bit of a shame. It essentially means that as people listen to compressed music on their mp3 players and radio is compressed anyway, there will be no point in bands or artists recording in hi-fidelity.

youll still get your true artists recording in hi-fidelity.

damn the digital age huh wheres the vinyl!!!

[Gilles 27]

i wouldn't be so bad if people didn't download their music. Illegal downloads are always going to happen but downloading music and paying for it rather than buying the cd means that the album will also eventually die out. Still, tis the way of the future and i guess people value convenience over quality

[bud]

yeah, but i think there will always be the die hard fans who want to buy the albums and not just download them, I know if i like a band ill buy it and not download it.

but if its a meh its good but not good enough to get the album then ill buy the single from iTunes store

[Denthúl]

i wouldn't be so bad if people didn't download their music. Illegal downloads are always going to happen but downloading music and paying for it rather than buying the cd means that the album will also eventually die out. Still, tis the way of the future and i guess people value convenience over quality

For some people, music downloads are the best option. I download 95% of my music (legally) because I have terabytes of disk space (spread throughout my house, not just on the one machine >.<) on which I can store music files, but no physical space in which I could store massive amounts of CDs, so it makes sense for me to do that.

[Jensonb]

256kbps does not result in great sound.

Only if your an audiophile. Blind testing has shown most people either cannot tell the difference between 256k MP3 (Never mind the superior AAC) and CD/Vinyl (And in some cases, believe the MP3 is better)

[Gilles 27]

I just think we shouldn't settle for less, we should be striving for better quality rather than spending heaps of cash on expensive hi-fis without paying much attention to what we are actually amplifying

[Jamie]

Help;

My misses was playing with iTunes and synced all the photos from my computer to the iPod, ho do I delete them all? As the closest I have came to finding out is resetting my iPod? As I have saved images from emails and stuff and I can delete them easily....Help?

- VB

[bud]

Sure it wasnt you VB? But go to the photos folder in your iPod then unselect sync photos. then re sync it with just the music selected!

[Jamie]

But i need to delete the photos......i can't just go into the folder and delete, and on the iTunes it just says the capacity in which the photos take up?
Just want to delete them

[bud]

by unselecting sync photos once you resync the iPod it will take off the photos

[Jamie]

by unselecting sync photos once you resync the iPod it will take off the photos

Oh Thanx Buddy
Bud your a bloody star