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Originally Posted by HeartsOfWar
yes, sure a good computer makes a difference, but you never tell anyone what format and bit rate you're referring to when you toss these x minutes per cd stories... Give more, whole information
Alco, transcoding between FORMATS is not advisable at all.... Different formats use different algorithms.
transcoding between BIT RATES is ok as long as you keep the BIT RATES in respectible ratio.
ex. transcoding a 256 MP3 into a 128 or 160 MP3 is ok
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I encode using Ogg Vorbis at Q8 and can do a rip and encode of a average album using EAC in about 4 minutes start to finish. LAME is a little slower, something like 4:30 for the same album.
Transcoding between bit rates is just as bad as transcoding from one codec to another. I have no idea where you got the impression that going from 256 down to another lower number was ok.....simply not true. I would do a search over at
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org and that will confirm my statements. Transcoding = Death anyway you do it. Sorry but such is life.
sdz