On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 13:17 -0800, Dean S. Messing wrote: > Michael A. Peters wrote: > > Dean S. Messing wrote: > > > I am thinking about buying a 160 GB iPod for my daughter for her > > > approaching golden birthday (she's turning 18). > > > > > > I know _zero_ about iPods (or any other external device toys). > > I've had excellent luck with gtkpod - but with brand new models, it > > sometimes takes some time. > > Would you elaborate this, please? > > > With respect to AAC - my experience is that Apple's AAC encoder is > > better than faac (linux encoder) but it's been awhile. > > How does one use Apple's AAC encoder? Can it be used under Linux? We > do not own an Apple or a M$-based PC though I have a minimal > installation of XP running in VMware---just enough to be able to use > Word and PowerPoint when I must. > > > I myself just use lame to encode to mp3 - I use preset-standard and the > > quality is fine, but if she has an excellent musical ear, she may want a > > higher bitrate. I prefer to use mp3 because mp3 works with everything > > out there. > > > > As far as how it compares with AAC - that's something audiophiles argue > > about all the time. > > I can't tell the difference between a 192VBR lame encoded MP3 and a > > 192VBR quicktime (iTunes) encoded AAC. But I don't have a good musical > > ear, let alone a trained good ear. > > I have a fair "musical ear", but not a good physical one: I can't hear > very well above about 17KHz and I have a bad case of tinitus. But my > daughter says she hears "funny stuff" in 192 Kbs MP3 so I now rip to > .wav. ---- for relativity...A Wave file is the native, uncompressed format. I had some trouble with the DVD drive ripping a Yes CD of mine and so I did it on Linux. This is the comparative sizes... 6611310 2008-01-12 16:53 ive_seen_all_good_people.aac 7152674 2007-08-05 16:41 ive_seen_all_good_people.mp3 72919100 2007-08-05 15:48 ive_seen_all_good_people.wav $ file ive_seen_all_good_people.* ive_seen_all_good_people.aac: MPEG ADTS, AAC, v2 LC, 44.1 kHz, stereo ive_seen_all_good_people.mp3: Ogg data, Vorbis audio, stereo, 44100 Hz, ~128000 bps, created by: Xiph.Org libVorbis I ive_seen_all_good_people.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 16 bit, stereo 44100 Hz Generally, an aac or mp3 is about 10% of the size of the wav file ripped from a CD but of course, they are both lossy Craig
