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Thread: Converting files to Ogg Vorbis

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    Converting files to Ogg Vorbis

    Does anyone know why it seems to take so much longer to convert a .wav file to .ogg, compared to saving it as an .mp3 ?

    It seems to take longer in all sorts of different programs, Goldwave, for instance. Perhaps it has to change more things before it converts ? I'm curious :supersmil

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    I don't know the technical answer, but in short it probably is because all codecs use different methods for filtering/converting.

    perhaps ogg takes a little longer because of more accurate filtering methods to try and retain the best quality/performance result.

    however if it is taking a really long time for you, there might be a problem?

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    Thanks Razgo ! It probably bothers me more because I'm converting 5hr 'books on tape' stuff. It takes a good 25 min to convert to .ogg instead of about 5 min to convert to .mp3.

    But, it's probably worth the wait since the quality is a bit better. Thanks again ~!

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    I never thought of converting my book tapes. I might give it a go.

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    These aren't recordings of my voice, mind you....I'd fall asleep if I had to hear myself reading ! :yawn: They're just things recorded from records, or off the air.

    But if you are interested in audio books...there's quite a bit of free stuff at www.audiobooksforfree.com The mp3's are at 24kbps, which really sounds fine for spoken word.

    Luckily I get to listen to my mp3's at work, so it helps pass the time :supersmil

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