MP3 320kbs vs MP4 vbr 192 ?

Mike Goodwin · Post by **Mike Goodwin** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:39 pm

looking at buying more stuff off beatport and was wondering what others are using with live. Can we even use MP4 with live?

Any thoughts?

blastique · Post by **blastique** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:53 pm

I think you should look at this as how much data has been discarded.

From my experience, a 192kbps MP4 is superior to a 192kbps MP3. With a 320kbps MP3 however, vs a 192kbps MP4, MP3 wins hands down.

MP4's/AAC seem to have the advantage with lower bitrates.

While MP4 is a technically superior encoding system, if it came to picking between 192kbps MP4's or 320kbps MP3's, i'd choose the MP3.

You may find these links rather interesting:-

http://www.lincomatic.com/mp3/mp3quality.html

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may00/articles/mp3.htm

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 789,00.asp

inis · Post by **inis** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:16 pm

Ya, there is absolutely no comparison or argument with this question. Qaulity is quality and there is a world of difference between those two.