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Good AAC encoders?

  • 02-01-2007 2:44pm
    #1
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭


    Any recommendations for AAC encoding software (windows)? I've never really dealt with them before, and now I have a SE W300i so want to try and get the most of the memory on it, and good ol' LAME just isn't good enough :D . What form of AACs can Sony Ericsson phones take? Can they play M4A's (from iTunes), or do they have to be in MP4s or something?

    I'd be mostly taking them straight from CDs, though I may also be doing some MP3 conversions too.


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  • #2
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    iTunes is great for ripping music, IMO.

    You can change the format in which it rips your music. I'm not sure of the exact sequence of moves, but here you go: open Preferences, choose Advanced, Importing and change the format and, if you like, bit rate. I use mp3 at 128 kbps. File sizes are too big and tracks don't sound too bad [to me at least].

    From what I remember, if you right click on a file in the library, there's an option there to show the file's location. Open it and copy the tracks to your phone. My Nokia resolves the tracks into artists, album, etc. and yours probably will too.


  • #3
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,872 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    I second the iTunes, it's just easy to get and easy to use. No hassle no fuss.


  • #4
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    Aye, iTunes has an excellent AAC encoder. I rip everything in 96 Kbps AAC with VBR (Variable Bit Rate), and find this indistinguishable from the original CD, even on high end headphones, like the Sennheiser HD-595 and 695.


  • #5
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Yeah I was looking up about comparisons between encoders - found a lot of tests and stuff on www.hydrogenaudio.org. And before noticing your post I decided on 96kbps AAC with VBR using iTunes :D
    Just tried it on my phone comparing to 192kbps ABR MP3 (LAME) and couldn't really tell the difference at all.

    Just tried Nero's HE-AAC encoder, and they work too (in MP4 containers). However it doesn't seem to be recognising the tags :(
    Don't know if it's any better though at those kind of bitrates - I saw a comparison somewhere on that site above comparing them at 80kb/s and showed that iTunes (LC) AACs actually sounded better (even though they're technically inferior)...


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