A doubt about audio bitrate...

~PictureOnProgress Jan 13, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Programs often say that a lower bitrate in audio files means lower quality...
But when I convert an MP3 file to another MP3 file, but of less bitrate (128 kbps -> 64 kbps) It sounds exactly the same for me

What exactly changes when I do this conversion? The only change I notice is a lighter audio file

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*pyrohmstr Jan 14, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

That either means that your music was already low-quality to begin with or that you don't have the necessary hardware to listen to higher quality music. Which really, unless you have an ancient computer, you should be able to hear the difference. My guess is that you either have really bad speakers/headphones or you just picked a specific case where the song compresses well.

~PictureOnProgress Jan 14, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

There is a song where I could hear the difference, and I didn't find it to be that different ._.
And I mostly do this for size reasons

*pyrohmstr Jan 16, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Size reasons are the only reason anyone compresses anything ever

~PictureOnProgress Jan 16, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Oh...
Now I feel silly

~tigerallied Jan 13, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

Every compression means you lose some information in the file. If you don't have a decent audio card, a decent head set, and also know the sounds how they should be, its hard to tell the difference. Also it depends on what kind of sounds you are compressing.

How it works ... well better read here for a more detailed version [link]

~PictureOnProgress Jan 14, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Ah, it's much more clear now

Thanks for the page

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