Itunes Bit Rate questions

zipzappy · 05-27-2008, 08:08 PM

hi, i have a bunch of CD's im ripping and i want to get the best quality out of them. I go to itunes in the advanced options in the "ripping" tab, it has a bunch of different choices on which encoder you'd like to use. i want all my music to be in mp3 format so i go to the "mp3 encoder" ,

and now heres the problem, i set the ripping bit rate to be 320kbs, if a CD i have is not recorded in 320kbs, will it effect the quality of the ripped mp3's in a negative way? is there anyway i can make a setting so that it rips at the maximum quality possible for the CD?

**peterhuang913** · 05-27-2008, 08:09 PM

No. Just use 320 so that it is the best possible.

zipzappy · 05-28-2008, 10:30 AM

so even if the CD's were recorded in lets say a 192kbs bit rate it wouldn't effect them in anyway if i ripped them in a 320kbs bit rate?

**peterhuang913** · 05-28-2008, 05:57 PM

It shouldn't. You can experiment to make sure.

05-27-2008, 08:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
zipzappy Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 169 OS: XP	Itunes Bit Rate questions hi, i have a bunch of CD's im ripping and i want to get the best quality out of them. I go to itunes in the advanced options in the "ripping" tab, it has a bunch of different choices on which encoder you'd like to use. i want all my music to be in mp3 format so i go to the "mp3 encoder" , and now heres the problem, i set the ripping bit rate to be 320kbs, if a CD i have is not recorded in 320kbs, will it effect the quality of the ripped mp3's in a negative way? is there anyway i can make a setting so that it rips at the maximum quality possible for the CD?

05-27-2008, 08:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
peterhuang913 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 819 OS: XP Home SP2	Re: Itunes Bit Rate questions No. Just use 320 so that it is the best possible.

05-28-2008, 10:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
zipzappy Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 169 OS: XP	Re: Itunes Bit Rate questions so even if the CD's were recorded in lets say a 192kbs bit rate it wouldn't effect them in anyway if i ripped them in a 320kbs bit rate?

05-28-2008, 05:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
peterhuang913 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 819 OS: XP Home SP2	Re: Itunes Bit Rate questions It shouldn't. You can experiment to make sure.