Hello,

I don't know much about mp3 technologies so I hope my question isn't too
silly.
I got some mp3 files with sound effects from a free sound site. These
files have a bitrate of 16 so they are low quality.
I want to use them in a flash movie where this quality would be enough,
but my application only takes mp3 files of bitrate 32 or higher.
I tried to convert these files with dBPower Amp MusicConverter to a mp3
with 32 bit, second time via the wav format.
The result is the same, the sound is stretched and pitched and sounds
terrible afterwards.

Is there a way to increase the bitrate without changing the way it sounds?

Thanx,
Jens

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:50:50 +0200, Jens Riedel <JensRie@gmx.de>
wrote:


Sorry!

The sound quality will never get better than what you start with.
Changing theit rate will not change thje quality.

If you'd read the message properly, you'd see that the poster wasn't asking
for the quality to be improved. Smart arse.

Thomas

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Jens Riedel wrote:
Increasing the bit rate should have no effect on the sound. What you tried
sounds correct, no idea what happened. What is the sampling rate (not bit
rate)? If low, you might try making waves again and resample those to
44,100Hz then encode them to MP3. You can resample waves with Windows Sound
recorder by loading the file, clicking "File", selecting "Save as", clicking
"Change" and selecting the parameters you want. The "Format" you want is
PCM.

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dadiOH wrote:

That's what I thought too...

I tried to convert the mp3 into wav, but the result was the same. The
wav file sounded terrible.
Is it possible that the mp3 contains a kind of copy protection? I got
them from www.sounddogs.com where the download of the low quality
samples is free and legal.
Perhaps someone could try it himself, I don't want to attach a mp3 file
here...

Regards,
Jens

Jens Riedel wrote:
I got five, made waves from them, waves sound exactly like the MP3s. What
are you using to decode them?

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dadiOH wrote:
Decoding an MP3 to wave is no different than "playing" it...when an MP3 is
played, it is decoded to wave and that wave is what you hear. So how in the
world are you getting wave FILES that sound different???

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dadiOH wrote:

I use dbPower Amp MusicConverter for it, what program did you use?
Perhaps I chose the wrong settings for conversion.

Jens

Please download Audio Splitter Convertor.
It may help you.
You can download from:
http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/...-1-2-166.shtml
or
from their Site:
http://www.coolextractor.com/
It can
1.It can split one Audio File (Mp3 ,Wav ,WMA ,Ogg) into smaller Audio
files(MP3,Wav ,WMA,Ogg).
2.It can can convert to all supported formats and you can switch
between formats in one click!
3.It can convert Mp3 ,Wav ,WMA ,Ogg from one format to another
4.Allow for changing the property of the MP3 Wav, Ogg, Wma(such as
Sample Rate,Bit Rate). CBR (constant bitrate) and two types of
variable bitrate, VBR and ABR.
5.converts mp3,wma,Ogg into CD quality format wave files ready to
burn.
6.Visually define the time you want to split at by using slider bar.
7.Allows for playing from the time before adding it into the splitting
list.
8Allows for previewing each section before doing the real splitting.
9.Registered users receive free upgrades and support for life.
10.Audio format conversion executes directly without any temporary
files, and thus enables high converting speed and economy of hard disk
resource.
11.You can change bitrate , sample rate, stereo modes and other
settings;

Jens Riedel wrote:
Winamp. But it should make little difference what you use.

That would be my guess

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wise man wrote:

12. And cost you $19.95

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