Technical WAV or MP3 ?

Palindrome · 1st February 2008, 10:26

Hello everyone!
I wondered if anyone knows what is the difference betweeb WAV and MP3 and which is the best format to rip and burn music too?

cylon2007 · 1st February 2008, 10:29

WAV is a much bigger file as it contains all the information, an MP3 is a compressed file so is much smaller. If you want them to listen to in the Ciciv you need MP3 or WMA both of which can be created by Windows media player. Due the the road noise etc in a car 192kbs for an MP3 is adeqaute (you can do 320kbs which is called CD quality) but then you'll get less on a CD.

StuMcBill · 1st February 2008, 11:18

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Originally Posted by cylon2007

WAV is a much bigger file as it contains all the information, an MP3 is a compressed file so is much smaller. If you want them to listen to in the Ciciv you need MP3 or WMA both of which can be created by Windows media player. Due the the road noise etc in a car 192kbs for an MP3 is adeqaute (you can do 320kbs which is called CD quality) but then you'll get less on a CD.

Yeah.....What he said!!

Kremmen · 1st February 2008, 11:23

If you use a microphone or record from an external source like a turntable or cassette via an amplifier the likely format will be .WAV

This file will be massive compared to .CDA which is what goes onto CD's or the even more compressed .MP3 or .WMA

Programs like Nero will convert .WAV to .CDA when buring a normal CD (circa 20 tracks).

To convert to .MP3 for example you need to use Windows Media Player or the standalone CDex program.

HTH

sambuca2907 · 3rd February 2008, 18:11

Most MP3 players don't play WAV files - only MP3's.

Incase you want to use them on an MP3 player in the future - better just to burn them as MP3.

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cylon2007 Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 14th April 2007 Location: South Manchester/North Cheshire Posts: 450 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	WAV is a much bigger file as it contains all the information, an MP3 is a compressed file so is much smaller. If you want them to listen to in the Ciciv you need MP3 or WMA both of which can be created by Windows media player. Due the the road noise etc in a car 192kbs for an MP3 is adeqaute (you can do 320kbs which is called CD quality) but then you'll get less on a CD.

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Kremmen Krem de la Krem Civinfo guru Join Date: 7th January 2007 Location: West London Posts: 2,415 Thanks: 3 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	If you use a microphone or record from an external source like a turntable or cassette via an amplifier the likely format will be .WAV This file will be massive compared to .CDA which is what goes onto CD's or the even more compressed .MP3 or .WMA Programs like Nero will convert .WAV to .CDA when buring a normal CD (circa 20 tracks). To convert to .MP3 for example you need to use Windows Media Player or the standalone CDex program. HTH

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sambuca2907 S29 AWS Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 17th September 2007 Location: SW London Posts: 406 Thanks: 0 Thanked 12 Times in 5 Posts	Most MP3 players don't play WAV files - only MP3's. Incase you want to use them on an MP3 player in the future - better just to burn them as MP3.