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Upscaling music files

  • 12-04-2011 5:09pm
    #1
    Shane732
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,998 ✭✭✭


    I play my ipod through my music system in my car (iDrive) the only problem I have is that the sound quality of the music playing from the ipod through the idrive is shi*.

    A lot of the music I have would be running at 192 kbps or lower. I was wondering if any of you know of any software that will upscale the bit rate of my music files to like 300 kbps or so?

    I'm told that a higher bit rate will sort a lot of the problem out...

    Any suggestions?


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  • #2
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    No, you have used lossy compression so the quality is permanently reduced. You could transcode using a higher bitrate but it would be pointless, all it would do is make the files bigger without any increase in quality (actually quality would go down slightly).

    The only way to increase the quality is to go back to your original CDs and re-rip at a higher bitrate. Or better still, use lossless compression if your music player supports it.

    In any case I don't think that is the problem, in a poor listening environment like a car there wouldn't be much difference between a 192kbps mp3 and the original CD. If it really sounds bad, it's more likely some component in your sound system.


  • #3
    Shane732
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,998 ✭✭✭Shane732


    Voodu Child wrote: »
    No, you have used lossy compression so the quality is permanently reduced. You could transcode using a higher bitrate but it would be pointless, all it would do is make the files bigger without any increase in quality (actually quality would go down slightly).

    The only way to increase the quality is to go back to your original CDs and re-rip at a higher bitrate. Or better still, use lossless compression if your music player supports it.

    In any case I don't think that is the problem, in a poor listening environment like a car there wouldn't be much difference between a 192kbps mp3 and the original CD. If it really sounds bad, it's more likely some component in your sound system.

    Yes I'm told some of the components in the idrive aren't the best.


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