Audio Format Transcoding for Compatibility?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday April 6, 2005 @06:51AM from the media-(format)-manipulation dept.

brandorf asks: "With the multitude of compressed audio formats that are available today, (MP3, Ogg, AAC, and FLAC to name very few) our music libraries start to spread across quite a few different formats. While this isn't a problem for desktop/media PC use, as programs like Winamp or iTunes have plugins available for almost every format. However, when it's time to start using a portable unit, it's unavoidable that some files will get transcoded. Have there been any studies or experiments as to how similar the codecs really are? Will transcoding from Format A to B sound worse than going from A to C? What's your experience with this?"

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Hydrogen Audio have tested this by doofusclam · 2005-04-06 06:56 · Score: 5, Informative

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?show topic=32440

The site insists on proper ABX tests too, not some thirteen olds insisting they can tell the difference between FLAC and Monkey's Audio codecs.