Your Thoughts on the New AAC Format?

[tpjunkie]

um...

I was a little disappointed. AAC is supposed to be the audio form of MPEG-4.

Knowing that I can achieve the quality of a 128Kbps MPEG-1 file with a 64Kbps MPEG-2 file (you can do that with iTunes), I was expecting to achieve the same quality with a 32Kbps AAC file. That was not the case. I could only achieve that at around 56Kbps.



AAC is the the audio the layer of MPEG-4

Not sure what you meant by that, MPEG-4 doesn't mean that the file output at the same quality is 4 times smaller...its just a number in a series assigned by the motion picture experts group for the compression format...

edited to stick the quote in

 

[MrMacMan]

I wanted OGG type quality, it is close to it but apple needs slightly higher bit rate files. Maybe 160?

A little higher and it would be great.

 

[Jaykay]

Originally posted by i_wolf
tá brón orm Jay-Kay

I didnt' read the small print properly! RTFM.... and it says, one ipod will work with both apple and pc. And you are right about the aac, apple said that software will be released in June for the win version so that it can use aac as well! Hopefully itunes for PC (fingers crossed)
Cheers mate,
have a good one
i_wolf

I appreciate the sentiment, beidh craic agus ólta agam ar feadh an óiche seo go léir.

 

[i_wolf]

Excellent
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Mise, táim as baile átha cliath.

 

[Jaykay]

Originally posted by i_wolf
Excellent
Cá bhfuil tú i do chonaith?
Mise, táim as baile átha cliath.

Tá me in ollscoil na h-Eireann i nGaillimh, and cheann is fearr.

This is irish for anybody who wnats to know.....

 

[dobbin]

Apologies for taking the thread off topic (it's kind of already gone!) but does anyone actually speak Irish in Ireland. Do you have everything written in 2 languages like they do in Wales. Apologies to any Welsh people but it always seems so pointless to have welsh road signs on the M4. I bet anyone who can only speak Welsh and not English would never drive on a motorway

 

[MorganX]

Re: Your Thoughts on the New AAC Format?

Originally posted by tjwett
The new Apple Music service seems kinda cool. It brings with it a new audio encoding format called "AAC". I think it can be good for getting smaller files with better quality and allowing more room in my iPod. However the proprietary format thing is kind of scary and it limits "sharing" big time. I'm not sure if I'll partake or start importing to AAC just yet. What are your opinions? BTW the new iPods look sweet.

AAC is not proprietary.

The music industry can only win. This service is not going to make more people pirate. It is going to make less people pirate, or at the least make people pirate less. That's means money in the pockets of the recording industry that they were not getting two days ago.

I've purchased 20 songs in two days. I've purchased 2 CDs in two years previously.

If the library continues to grow, this will be very successful. Only thing, I was planning on putting all my MP3's on my xbox with a new mixer for Xbox coming out. It doesn't do AAC. This has potential to be a major roadblock for MS' WM9 at least the audio codec.