compression hlp mp3 to dvd
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zver said:Only prob is the size of 9,1gb,you wont fit on one disk
yeah and as far as i know not even a DL media
so its 2 disks minimum
still better than 12 or more cdrs
possibly you could rar them up but you maby wouldnt be able to pack them down those extra gbs !?
do you want them to be usable with no unrarring !?
the other alternative would be to re-encode them all to a lower bitrate or change them all to wma files as wma is a much smaller format
i use wma with my mp3 player as i can fit more tracks on the 256meg stick than i can mp3s and still keep reasonable quality
do you want them to be usable with no unrarring !?
the other alternative would be to re-encode them all to a lower bitrate or change them all to wma files as wma is a much smaller format
i use wma with my mp3 player as i can fit more tracks on the 256meg stick than i can mp3s and still keep reasonable quality
Don't encode to WMA, in fact I definatly wouldn't recommend re-encoding at all. I mean they did say backup. If you wanted a backup of a picture you wouldn't just store a thumbnail of it.
mp3's being already compressed don't compress well with winrar, etc.
mp3's being already compressed don't compress well with winrar, etc.
Maybe a couple of percent compression from common headers etc. but even uncompressed WAV files do not usually compress much in a "normal" archiver (though that's due to the characteristics of the file).
If the audio compression scheme is doing it's job well, every bit and byte in the file should be working too hard to be compressed.
Re-encoding?, well, even if the originals were all at 320k CBR, you could not halve the size and still maintain transparency - going from 320k CBR to LAME alt preset standard (the preset aimed at good quality, holding the size down as far as possible) would not save enough space - and if starting any lower, halving that is even worse.
If the audio compression scheme is doing it's job well, every bit and byte in the file should be working too hard to be compressed.
Re-encoding?, well, even if the originals were all at 320k CBR, you could not halve the size and still maintain transparency - going from 320k CBR to LAME alt preset standard (the preset aimed at good quality, holding the size down as far as possible) would not save enough space - and if starting any lower, halving that is even worse.