ogg to mp3

minm · 08-18-2004, 10:39 PM

Is there any program the converts Ogg files to mp3 files without loosing any of the bitrate/sound quality?

ranger_nemo · 08-18-2004, 10:55 PM

No. Both Ogg and MP3 are lossy processes... Data is actually removed to compress the file.

Now, whether the loss is acceptable or not is up to you.

<< EDIT >>

I thought up a better analogy... Take a great piece of steak, and dry it out to jerky. Now, rehydrate it. Is it the same as before you dried it out? Then, dry it out again.

minm · 08-18-2004, 11:58 PM

ah, thought it was too good to be true

ok thanks

mritch · 08-19-2004, 12:51 AM

use sox

"sox file.mp3 file.ogg" (&see man-page)

sl mritch.

Santas · 08-19-2004, 07:00 AM

You can use audacity toohttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/. I read (but now i can't remember where) that ogg has better compression and quality than mp3.