Since DAC Closed before I got an answer...

[ExtremeRyno]

What're MPC files, and are they better/worse than MP3? I've noticed quite a number of people using these lately, and I'm tired of using a player other than Winamp, and I'm tired of converting them to MP3 to put on CD.

Also, what's the deal with APE and OGG? If this is the future, I wish someone would have told me.

 

[SoNR]

OGG is a very good format when it comes to sound quality compared to size...But there are so few programs that support ot...So I quit out on it....I converted most of my Metallica songs (like 120)and I found out that when I used OGG, I had saved 200-300mbs compared tp when I used mp3....Mp3 at higher bitrates though, but the quality of OGG is WAYYYYYYY better!!!!So you don't need to have such an high bitrate...

 

[ExtremeRyno]

Winamp supports everything but APE and MPC. After converting these filetypes to MP3, the quality was utter garbage...Too much bass, not enough trebble. Thought it might be a problem with my speaker/soundcard settings, but regular MP3s that aren't converted from other files sound fine.

Is there a sound file converter that does a better job than Alive WAV to MP3 Converter? It converts all the formats between each other, but I don't much like the quality of the end product.

Also, can you burn OGG files to a CD using Nero? Or do you absolutely have to have MP3 or WAV files?