MPC - Easy CD-DA Extractor

Audio Discuss, MPC - Easy CD-DA Extractor at Software forum; i have a couple of mpc files which i would like to convert to the standard mp3 format, my problem is that i am really clueless about the right configurations i should use.( Easy CD-DA Extractor) if for instance i have an mpc audio file which runs at 128kbit, and

Posted: 31-08-2006

germanviagra (New on Forum): Posts: 6

i have a couple of mpc files which i would like to convert to the standard mp3 format, my problem is that i am really clueless about the right configurations i should use.( Easy CD-DA Extractor)
if for instance i have an mpc audio file which runs at 128kbit, and i convert it to 192kbit(cd quality) mp3 file, would it not spoil the sound quality?

is there any program which samples mpc files and automatically matches the right mp3 conversion configurations?

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Posted: 02-09-2006

gamma1 (MyCE Resident): Posts: 509

Save a backup copy of your .mpc file and try converting at different rates. If 192kbit is the default, give it a try. Remember, you are starting off with a compressed file so a higher bit rate will not necessarily improve the sound -- except for the fact that your .mp3 might play where the .mpc won't play. BTW, 192kb is not cd quality, it is a "good" quality compressed bit rate.

Also --- I recommend that you try the FREEWARE

Exact Audio Copy or Cdex rippers.

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Last edited by gamma1; 02-09-2006 at 02:34.

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Posted: 04-09-2006

germanviagra (New on Forum): Posts: 6

Thank you very much for your quick response.

There is just one more thing that still puzzles me, if i take an mpc file of low quality and convert it into an mp3 file of high quality, you say it will not improve the sound, but would it ruin it?

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Posted: 04-09-2006

gamma1 (MyCE Resident): Posts: 509

If you start with a low-quality source you cannot "add" quality, but no, conversion would not ruin the sound. A good .mp3 encoder is regarded to have nice sound quality -- your converted file should sound nearly identical, if not the same, as the original as long as you use a higher bit rate than the original. The LAME .mp3 encoder (which I believe comes with Cdex, EAC, and others) is popular, and the 192Kbs vbr is commonly used for good sound in portable players.

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