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Is there any quality loss in these situations?
I've always wanted to know whether there is any true quality loss in the
following circumstances: 1. I burn a 192 kbps mp3 file to CD as a .wav file so that it can play on a CD player. If I re-create an mp3 file at 192 kbps from that same CD, is there any quality loss? 2. I open a 192 kbps mp3 file in Soundforge to edit. Soundforge creates a temporary file for editing. Once I edit the file, I save the new file as a a 192 kbps mp3 file. Is there any quality loss in this process? 3. I run a 192 kbps mp3 file through a normalizing program like Mptrim. If the program makes changes to the file, such as eliminating silence at the beginning of the file and normalizing the volume, is there any quality loss? 4. When zipping and unzipping mp3 files in Winzip and WinRar, is there any quality loss? Thanks |
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Is there any quality loss in these situations?
On 27 Aug., 11:30, "Legaldeejay" wrote:
I've always wanted to know whether there is any true quality loss in the following circumstances: 1. I burn a 192 kbps mp3 file to CD as a .wav file so that it can play on a CD player. If I re-create an mp3 file at 192 kbps from that same CD, is there any quality loss? 2. I open a 192 kbps mp3 file in Soundforge to edit. Soundforge creates a temporary file for editing. Once I edit the file, I save the new file as a a 192 kbps mp3 file. Is there any quality loss in this process? Yeah there is, but minimal and probably not noticeable, but if you repeat that a dozen times then there'll be perceptible loss. Use a bitrate of 256 or 320 if you wanna edit and re-save to MP3 all the timem that way you'll only have real loss after the 100th time. Better yet, use MP4, it's way better than MP3 and can handle the same molesting you're doing to your song at half the bitrate. 3. I run a 192 kbps mp3 file through a normalizing program like Mptrim. If the program makes changes to the file, such as eliminating silence at the beginning of the file and normalizing the volume, is there any quality loss? Not really. But obviously, if you set the volume too low and then amplify back to normal then you will raise the noise level to what was inaudible before. Apply common sense before doing anything to your song. 4. When zipping and unzipping mp3 files in Winzip and WinRar, is there any quality loss? Thanks Lol... you're full of ****. Winzip and WinRAR are both lossless, meaning no quality loss. |
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Is there any quality loss in these situations?
"Legaldeejay" wrote ...
I've always wanted to know whether there is any true quality loss in the following circumstances: 1. I burn a 192 kbps mp3 file to CD as a .wav file so that it can play on a CD player. If I re-create an mp3 file at 192 kbps from that same CD, is there any quality loss? Yes. 2. I open a 192 kbps mp3 file in Soundforge to edit. Soundforge creates a temporary file for editing. Once I edit the file, I save the new file as a a 192 kbps mp3 file. Is there any quality loss in this process? Yes 3. I run a 192 kbps mp3 file through a normalizing program like Mptrim. If the program makes changes to the file, such as eliminating silence at the beginning of the file and normalizing the volume, is there any quality loss? Yes 4. When zipping and unzipping mp3 files in Winzip and WinRar, is there any quality loss? Probably not. In cases 1-3, you are "reconstructing" the audio from a LOSSY compression (MP3) Repeated trips through this compression-to- decompression-to-compression path produce additional LOSS every time you make the trip. ZIP in general is a NON-LOSSY compression scheme. |
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Is there any quality loss in these situations?
"Legaldeejay" wrote in message
... I've always wanted to know whether there is any true quality loss in the following circumstances: 1. I burn a 192 kbps mp3 file to CD as a .wav file so that it can play on a CD player. If I re-create an mp3 file at 192 kbps from that same CD, is there any quality loss? 2. I open a 192 kbps mp3 file in Soundforge to edit. Soundforge creates a temporary file for editing. Once I edit the file, I save the new file as a a 192 kbps mp3 file. Is there any quality loss in this process? 3. I run a 192 kbps mp3 file through a normalizing program like Mptrim. If the program makes changes to the file, such as eliminating silence at the beginning of the file and normalizing the volume, is there any quality loss? 4. When zipping and unzipping mp3 files in Winzip and WinRar, is there any quality loss? Thanks Mp3 is a lossy compression. Basically it will decide to discard portions of the data that the algorithm believes are insignificant. Adjusting the compression will preserve more but at a higher cost in space used. On a computer space is not really an issue so you are better off performing edits on the uncompressed version of the music straight from the cd. And then compressing it at the end. Zipping is a lossless compresison. That means every bit in the original data is restored when it is uncompressed. You can zip and unzip a thousand times and still have an exact copy of the original. The are also lossless compressions specific to music as well. Typically the resulting file from lossless will only be a bit smaller than the original when music is compressed. Where as a lossy compression can produce a file that is only a fraction of the original size. |
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Is there any quality loss in these situations?
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Legaldeejay wrote: I've always wanted to know whether there is any true quality loss in the following circumstances: That depends on what you mean by "true quality loss". I'll interpret it as meaning "the sonic content of the output, when played, is detectably different than the sonic quality of the input." 1. I burn a 192 kbps mp3 file to CD as a .wav file so that it can play on a CD player. If I re-create an mp3 file at 192 kbps from that same CD, is there any quality loss? Yes. In principle, each pass through a "lossy" encoder such as MP3 will result in some loss of quality... loss of certain frequencies, and/or increased quantization noise (distortion), etc. The "burn to CD, rip back from CD" step is lossless (if you have a decent ripping program and good-quality CD-R blanks), but the subsequent MP3 encoding step is lossy. 2. I open a 192 kbps mp3 file in Soundforge to edit. Soundforge creates a temporary file for editing. Once I edit the file, I save the new file as a a 192 kbps mp3 file. Is there any quality loss in this process? Yes, almost certainly. Same reason. 3. I run a 192 kbps mp3 file through a normalizing program like Mptrim. If the program makes changes to the file, such as eliminating silence at the beginning of the file and normalizing the volume, is there any quality loss? Yup. 4. When zipping and unzipping mp3 files in Winzip and WinRar, is there any quality loss? No. The compression logic in those algoriths is lossless - the output of the decompression process is bit-for-bit identical to what went in. For all of the above reasons, if you want to manipulate music (or other audio) via any sort of editing, and maintain the best quality, you should keep the music in a lossless representation for as long as possible... e.g. straight PCM, or a losslessly-compressed format such as FLAC or ZIP or RAR. Do all of your editing and manipulation in these domains. Then, at the very end of the process, perform whatever sort of lossy encoding you may want to use for delivery (e.g. MP3, Ogg Vorbis, RealAudio, etc.), and keep the losslessly-stored version in your archives for future use. -- Dave Platt AE6EO Friends of Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
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Is there any quality loss in these situations?
On Aug 27, 7:30*am, "Legaldeejay" wrote:
I've always wanted to know whether there is any true quality loss in the following circumstances: 1. * I burn a 192 kbps mp3 file to CD as a .wav file so that it can play on a CD player. *If I re-create an mp3 file at 192 kbps from that same CD, is there any quality loss? 2. * I open a 192 kbps mp3 file in Soundforge to edit. *Soundforge creates a temporary file for editing. *Once I edit the file, I save the new file as a a 192 kbps mp3 file. *Is there any quality loss in this process? 3. *I run a 192 kbps mp3 file through a normalizing program like Mptrim.. *If the program makes changes to the file, such as eliminating silence at the beginning of the file and normalizing the volume, is there any quality loss? 4. *When zipping and unzipping mp3 files in Winzip and WinRar, is there any quality loss? Thanks Why would you ZIP up or RAR down a compressed audio file anyway? CD |
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Is there any quality loss in these situations?
On Aug 27, 2:43*pm, codifus wrote:
On Aug 27, 7:30*am, "Legaldeejay" wrote: I've always wanted to know whether there is any true quality loss in the following circumstances: 1. * I burn a 192 kbps mp3 file to CD as a .wav file so that it can play on a CD player. *If I re-create an mp3 file at 192 kbps from that same CD, is there any quality loss? 2. * I open a 192 kbps mp3 file in Soundforge to edit. *Soundforge creates a temporary file for editing. *Once I edit the file, I save the new file as a a 192 kbps mp3 file. *Is there any quality loss in this process? 3. *I run a 192 kbps mp3 file through a normalizing program like Mptrim. *If the program makes changes to the file, such as eliminating silence at the beginning of the file and normalizing the volume, is there any quality loss? 4. *When zipping and unzipping mp3 files in Winzip and WinRar, is there any quality loss? Thanks Why would you ZIP up or RAR down a compressed audio file anyway? CD- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, maybe you want to stuff a bunch of them into one file. Simpler to ftp or something. Just a thought. Agreed, you're not going to get any further space reduction. |
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Is there any quality loss in these situations?
Richard Crowley wrote:
4. When zipping and unzipping mp3 files in Winzip and WinRar, is there any quality loss? Probably not. In cases 1-3, you are "reconstructing" the audio from a LOSSY compression (MP3) Repeated trips through this compression-to- decompression-to-compression path produce additional LOSS every time you make the trip. ZIP in general is a NON-LOSSY compression scheme. ZIP is not "in general" non-lossy - it's outright non-lossy. In which case it's not "probably not", but "No". geoff |
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Is there any quality loss in these situations?
Legaldeejay wrote:
I've always wanted to know whether there is any true quality loss in the following circumstances: 1. I burn a 192 kbps mp3 [ ... ] 2. I open a 192 kbps mp3 file in [ ... ] 3. I run a 192 kbps mp3 file through [ ... ] 4. When zipping and unzipping [ ... ] Thanks Um... why not just do the experiment? Then too, it depends on your definition of " true quality loss" leading back to "do the experiment." Later... Ron Capik -- [PS: I've done the experiments for 1,2, and 4 but don't have the {whatever} for 3. ] |
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Is there any quality loss in these situations?
Legaldeejay wrote:
I've always wanted to know whether there is any true quality loss in the following circumstances: 1. I burn a 192 kbps mp3 file to CD as a .wav file so that it can play on a CD player. If I re-create an mp3 file at 192 kbps from that same CD, is there any quality loss? Could be. An ABX coparison will tell you if there is any audible losss. The mp3 codec will attempt to remove data again, it doesn't 'know' that the file has already been lossy compressed once before. However, your're safer doing two rounds of 192 kbps than if you had started with, say, a 128 kbps mp3. 2. I open a 192 kbps mp3 file in Soundforge to edit. Soundforge creates a temporary file for editing. Once I edit the file, I save the new file as a a 192 kbps mp3 file. Is there any quality loss in this process? the temporary file is likely a .wav, so the same applies. 3. I run a 192 kbps mp3 file through a normalizing program like Mptrim. If the program makes changes to the file, such as eliminating silence at the beginning of the file and normalizing the volume, is there any quality loss? Possibly. Again, an ABX is the way to 'prove' it to yourself. 4. When zipping and unzipping mp3 files in Winzip and WinRar, is there any quality loss? No. THis is purely data compression, not lossy compression. -- -S A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence. -- David Hume, "On Miracles" (1748) |
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Is there any quality loss in these situations?
http://www.zshare.net/download/17777675953c3152/
Same clip re-encoded 100x on different bitrates. Judge for yourself. |
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Is there any quality loss in these situations?
Richard Crowley wrote:
3. I run a 192 kbps mp3 file through a normalizing program like Mptrim. If the program makes changes to the file, such as eliminating silence at the beginning of the file and normalizing the volume, is there any quality loss? Yes This could depend on _how_ mptrim does what it does. Kind regards Peter Larsen |
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