which format are you guys using for music on your xperia s'?
i have all my music backed up in apple lossless or flac, so i can re-convert to any format that's best.
i've currently got most stuff already in ogg at approx 64kbps for my ipod mini.
but sony media go doesn't seem to recognise these files/i can't import them in to the media library.
so i'm thinking of converting things to AAC (M4A) which media go does recognise.
are there any differences in performance/battery life etc between these formats?
and i remember reading somewhere that the built in music app supports gapless playback, is this just for mp3? or also for other formats like ogg and m4a?
im normaly use MP3... but its not a question of belive in this format, ist just because the most files im download (legal) are in mp3 320kb/sec
Ogg 64kbps is horrible .
A song should be at least in mp3 128kbps with decent encoder .
been using ogg at 64 for a while now, it's perfectly listenable on a portable device, and have managed to reduce my music collection down to around 10Gb by using it
was just curious to see if anyone prefers m4a, but seems that maybe most people are still using mp3?
I personally use .wav and .midi
But on a serious note, I use mp3 and some flac ( on another player).
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320 .MP3s. All the way. Reasonable size, great quality and low overhead for playback. That or V0 compressed.
320 mp3 or FLAC (it's what I tend to get/rip)
I paid for PowerAmp it plays pretty much anything...
shmoejoe said:
I personally use .wav and .midi
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:laugh: great sound quality @ midi... Dolby digital 5.0 sounds like a SID against
AAC 256 bitrate from MP3 320 bitrate
http://www.mediafire.com/?6ifhe31zuhvdrgd
AAC is much more effective that MP3. Same quality -20%. -5% of quality, -40% of size.
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hello, developers.
is there any way to put mp3's on my device, but change them into a smaller file? convert them to different extention?
You could re-sample them to a lower bitrate (Google: "resampling mp3"), or play them from a large SD-card.
I compress all my Mp3's using X-ing MPEG Encoder (now owned by real).
I use the 64kbs setting with small loss in quality over CDs, but I can fit humongous amounts of MP3's into 64Mb. However I use 128Mb SD cards for more storage and can compress an entire feature film down to 70Mb!!
Windows Media Player 9 will automatically copy and resample files to any portable music device or card. Works great. I resample everything to WMA 64k, get double the space with little quality loss. It does this via playlists, so it is easy to switch your music around.
thanks rustek.
but where did you get this x-ing mpeg encoder?
Hi,
if you have windows media player 8.5 on your xda, then you should be able to play mp3 and wma files.
You can actually get good quality sound out of a compressed wma file, at 64 bit rate or lower
use www.dbpowerAmp.com tool to covert the source file to any bit rate you want. Follow the codec insallation on the website.
i managed to get a 5mb mp3 file, down to a 900k wma file, and it sounded very reasonable on the xda.
For low bitrate WMA is the way to go. Keep your eye's on Windows Media Player for support for MP3pro, this is on par with the WMA encoding rates v quality.
hi all,
does anyone have a cab file of any mp3 player? i left my cable at home so im planning to install it from other PDA.
thanks! :lol:
As you know our phone isn't really equipped to play most videos we throw at it, so what video bitrate/resolution/framerate have you found to work the best on the Optimus one?
And please mention which software you use to convert.
THIS IS IT....
xvid codec 640*360 max with ~1Mbps and mp3/aac audio are played without conversion...(your Sitcom episodes)...
Havent TRIED h264 or DIVx playback ...on the box though it does say DIVX resolution upto 320*240..
files with ogg video(theora) and ac3 audio dont play without conversion
No 720p,1080p/i playback possible...FOR ALL HIGHER resolutions/bitrate u need to convert ..i have a personal converter favourite....hassle free and its just a GUI for the wonderful FFMPEG program...herehttp://miksoft.net
Really? Mine struggles to play 624x352 24fps .mkv files. Unwatchable.
Which video player do you use on your phone?
I use Handbrake for all my videos. Starting from the "iPhone Legacy" profile, here are the settings I use to create H.264 files:
- Video: 480 x 320, H.264 (x264) codec, 768 Kbps bitrate, FPS same as source
- Audio: AAC (faac), stereo, 44.1 KHz, 128 kbps bitrate.
Image and sound are crystal clear, but of course, you can find your own favorite settings (just don't mess with the advanced settings, our CPU only handles the basic H.264 profile).
I use RockPlayer (the free version) for playback, because it can render .srt subtitles.
sarfaraz1989 said:
i have a personal converter favourite....hassle free and its just a GUI for the wonderful FFMPEG program...herehttp://miksoft.net
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Hey, is that mik_os' company?
kewlsid05 said:
Hey, is that mik_os' company?
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Lol I m pretty sure its not mik's company and I never said I cud play mkv files ...that container is a ***** ..
Yeah it is. And thanks for that link, it works great.
I'm using the m video player. It is pretty good and plays with subtitles. Loving it. Just that the phone doesn't support higher resolution mp4 videos. Jus the audio plays and the video drags. I use demo player to play flv. Some videos play fluently while other drag and drag!!
Also ppl if you are into h264 (like masteryx is)
U could try "any video converter" here http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/
It is wonderful i m using it...At these setting
h264 778Kbps 480*320
mp3 48Hz 128kbps
in .avi container..Conversion is faster than handbrake
http://developer.qualcomm.com/dev/chips/msm7x27-chipset-family
Hey...i am nt able to see any high resolution video sice past 10 days....i cud see those videos earlier bt nw whrnrver i wana play it gets stucked and then it sayd cant play video error 1,48...can u help me please?? :-(
I was wondering the same thing! *.mkv wasn't really a good experience on p500
which of these audio formats are the best for sound quality?
I want to listen to music on my new phone and since i have the storage i would like it to sound as good as possible.
MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WAV, MIDI
WAV is the best but the largest in size. Also if you are using the stock ear piece then none of the format will make much difference.
thanks for taking the time to respond.
Much appreciated.
ur welcome. The alternative would be 192mp3 format anything below that sounds crappy to me
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WAV is the best but the largest in size. Also if you are using the stock ear piece then none of the format will make much difference.
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Stock ear piece? Headphones? The atrix did not come with headphones
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moto so cheapo? cannot even afford to provide earpiece for the phone
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moto so cheapo? cannot even afford to provide earpiece for the phone
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Yes, you are a confuzzled Singaporean.
LOL actually I think they took the whole budget for the whole thing and pretty much put it all towards the phone.
spuzzum said:
which of these audio formats are the best for sound quality?
I want to listen to music on my new phone and since i have the storage i would like it to sound as good as possible.
MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WAV, MIDI
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It's not in your list but FLAC is the best one. It is losless (same with the WAV) however still compressed so each CD takes rough a third of the size it takes if it is WAV.
.Flac is the best music format!
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spuzzum said:
which of these audio formats are the best for sound quality?
I want to listen to music on my new phone and since i have the storage i would like it to sound as good as possible.
MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WAV, MIDI
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MIDI is not for sound recordings, it's for synthesized music. Not comparable to the others.
WAV is perfect quality, but far too large to be usable for a music collection.
Out of the usable ones, the quality is best to worst:
eAAC+, AAC+, AAC, MP3
I'm not sure if everything supports eAAC+ (AKA HE-AACv2) or AAC+ (AKA HE-AACv1), but AAC is fairly widely used these days. I wouldn't bother with MP3, unless your media is already in that format. It's a very old format, and has been improved on several times. It's a legacy codec, not a current standard.
And FLAC is supported by PowerAmp on Android... Probably other music players too.
pity there is no gapless playback yet for flac.
What audio formats does the Streak play?
I never had so much trouble looking up the answer to such a simple question.
So experimentation shows that it doesn't play lossless wma files.
Is there a lossless format that will play on it?
get PowerAMP it plays plenty of file types:
mp3, mp4/m4a (including alac), ogg, wma*, flac, wav, ape, wv, tta (* some wma pro files may require NEON support)
I love it, it's automated, so when I plug in my headphones (even BT ones) it resumes play.
the basic player is just that, basic.
I'd link it, but I'm new, look it up on appbrain.
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What audio formats does the Streak play?
I never had so much trouble looking up the answer to such a simple question.
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Good question. I can only speak for FLAC support as I don't use anything else.
The only Android media player that I know of that recognises FLAC is PowerAMP
http://powerampapp.com/
I second @bugmenotacc's endorsement.
I tried PowerAmp and it didn't play the album I ripped to flac.
I read the help section this morning (amazing what you can learn when you do that) and found out about selecting folders instead of the android library and lo and behold flac files play. Looks like I'll probably end up buying PowerAmp.
Yes it gets a bit confusing, glad you got it sorted too.
I loaded about 6 albums to my sd card today and set Android Settings to pull in the album artwork. Which all happened very quickly and seamlesly.
It is probably old fashioned of me but I prefer to set a Music folder rather than always have the app search my device for files.
Enjoy the app.
I stream all my music fro my server to my phone. I have decided to purchase a 64gb sdcard. So next step would be to convert my flac files to a lossy format. I'm deciding between Nero acc or lame vbr mp3. A lot of people suggests, that aac have the best quality per bit. But my concern is battery life. If acc is only software decoded on my s3, then I would prefer mp3, unless it's also software decoded.