Audacity Forum

To go back to your original question I think 256 is perfectly good. When I had my first (smaller capacity iPod) after extensive listening tests on good kit I settled on 192 between space occupancy and audio quality - but I could detect minor compression artefacts in the sound if I listened hard. Wit...

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I'm guessing ffmpeg creates very good AAC files rivaling that of iTunes, since I haven't found anything on the web bashing it.

Sorry to bother I'm just a quality freak.

Why are you converting your FLAC recordings to anything? Both AAC and MP3 are delivery formats. Deliver the product to the client or personal music player and full stop. Generally, no further editing or production is possible without some sound damage. I don't have have a music player at the moment...

So does that make the quality outcome of iTunes encoder better? There's discussion about that. Koz I think the conversions are done quicker in iTunes (I export WAVs to ITunes and use iTunes to convert to AAC) And it definitely makes it legal - I some jurisdictions the patents have not expired ... WC

So does that make the quality outcome of iTunes encoder better?

There's discussion about that. Koz

Why are you converting your FLAC recordings to anything? Both AAC and MP3 are delivery formats. Deliver the product to the client or personal music player and full stop. Generally, no further editing or production is possible without some sound damage.

Koz

kozikowski wrote:FFMpeg is free, work-alike software.
iTunes uses real compression licenses, such as Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft for MP3.

So does that make the quality outcome of iTunes encoder better?

FFMpeg is free, work-alike software.
iTunes uses real compression licenses, such as Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft for MP3.

Koz

If I convert my FLAC files to AAC 256kbps with ffmpeg on Audactiy, is ffmpeg basically the same quality as the iTunes encoder? Like is ffmpeg one of the best AAC exporting plugins? Or am I better off exporting my FLACs as 320kbps MP3? Sorry if this sounds confusing, but I'm not an expert on this stu...