dogbreath
04-09-2007, 04:12 PM
I came across an unusual folder containing mp3's during a session of renaming and re-tagging a batch of music files into a preferred format. The bitrate of each file (which according to the source should have been 224kbps) appeared as 32kbps (too low by a factor of 7) and the track running times were listed at approx 7 x the known running times for the tracks concerned. The files played fine in Winamp and the correct bitrate and running times were displayed on the Winamp control panel.
Not being able to get explanation or advice regarding this phenomenon, I decided to run the files through dBpowerAMP set to output mp3's @ 224kbps.
The result was a set of music files of bitrate 224kbps and displaying the correct running times. Furthermore, the files sounded no worse than when played prior to 'conversion'.
Can anyone shed any light on any of this. The result seems fine but the mechanism and what dBpowerAMP actually did to the files remains unclear.
TIA.
db.
Not being able to get explanation or advice regarding this phenomenon, I decided to run the files through dBpowerAMP set to output mp3's @ 224kbps.
The result was a set of music files of bitrate 224kbps and displaying the correct running times. Furthermore, the files sounded no worse than when played prior to 'conversion'.
Can anyone shed any light on any of this. The result seems fine but the mechanism and what dBpowerAMP actually did to the files remains unclear.
TIA.
db.