EagleEye0 Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 (edited) Lets say theres an mp3 on one's computer. Let us say that one copies an mp3 from folder A and pastes the mp3 in folder B. Now the person burns the copy of mp3 in folder B onto a Audio Cd. Does copying a mp3 harm the song quality and do you "lose" something from the partiular tarck? Thanks Edited October 16, 2005 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 I don't think so. Not when I've done it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Now, let us say that ' beggar's can' t be choosers ' and buy the CD ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 The whole theory behind digital music files is that the quality will be the same now matter how many times you copy them, play them or burn them. As opposed to analog copies. Now, you can change the "bit rate" for a file, which will affect the quality. Standard radio broadcast quality is 96kbs. Most legally purchased mp3's are 128 kbs. Audio files on CD are 1411 kbs, so the quality is better than an mp3. But an mp3 is nothing more than a compressed version of a ".wav" file, which is what is found on a CD. That's why you can fit typically 15-20 songs on an audio CD, but 150+ on an mp3 disc (basically a data disc as opposed to and audio disc). So, to save hard drive space you can lower the bit rate of an mp3, say from 160 kbs to 96 kbs. The quality will suffer if you do that. If you do the opposite, rasing the bit rate, it won't really improve the quality. The original can't really become more than it naturally is. Or, like my favorite saying, you can't polish a turd. Man, that became increasingly irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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