-Pat- Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Hello everyone. I just bought a nw-e002f. it only has 512mb memory so i plan to maximize the space. Unfortunately, I dont have that much CD to grab but have a lot of MP3's stored in my PC. So after buying my player I added my mp3's in the sonic stage library and converted them into atrac. I thought it would compress the mp3's and make it smaller butr as I checked the file size its still the same. So what I did is to grab a song on 1 of my cds and test the file sizes. First, I converted it to mp3 format. then i converted the same song into atrac format. The result of the file size is still the same. Last, I converted the track to atrac with losslessconversion first then converted the atrac with lossless format to atrac3 and the size is still the same. Please help me. I'm really an idiot regarding how to use atrac to my advantage. I've heard that atrac is supposed to be much smaller in file size compared to mp3s. by the way, i converted all the songs in 128kbps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerfuffle Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 If your MP3 bitrate is 128kbps, and your atrac3plus bitrate is 128kbps, it'll be the same size. However, atrac3plus at 64kbps is comparable to MP3 at 128kbps. You can fit twice as many songs as you can at 128kbps, and still have the 128kbps sound quality. I hope that cleared things up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Pat- Posted March 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 thanks a lot!!! that surely cleared it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrin Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 I would advice against reconverting files, especially at such lower bitrates, since this definitely lowers their quality. The NW-E002F supports MP3s natively, so it is better to copy them as they are. But then again, it's up to your ears to decide on quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerfuffle Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 (edited) But the opening poster wanted to maximise the space in their Walkman, so I guess they were willing to sacrifice sound quality. *shrugs*However, it is better if you can rip atrac3plus directly from the source, instead of converting it from a MP3. Edited March 18, 2007 by kerfuffle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Pat- Posted March 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 thanks for the suggestion but unfortunately i lost most of the cds. most of them are in 192kps but some are 128kbs. if i convert all of them to 96kbps atrac format, will the atrac converted from 192kpbs sound better than the atrac from 128kbps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerfuffle Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 I can't answer that question; it depends on one's own ears, I believe. And mymy hearing isn't that great. Why don't you experiment with the different bitrates and see which one you prefer listening to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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