On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:41:02 +0000 (GMT), Jim Lesurf
wrote:

In article , Rob
wrote:
Jim Lesurf wrote:

FWIW I've now had a chance to record some mp3 streams 'broadcast' by
some of the net stations. This meant I could write the results onto a
CDRW and listen to them on some players. Have examples at
128/192/256kbps. What I've found interesting is that the results
*didn't* show that the 'higher the bitrate the better the sound'. This
was a totally uncontrolled test, so is suspect, but it does strengthen
my bias towards feeling that the way the specific encoder is used (and
the details of the sound patterns to be encoded) can matter more that
the output bitrate chosen.


I don't suppose it makes a great deal of difference if you record using
a lossless format, but isn't it more logical to just capture the
streamed audio?

Erm... that is what I have been doing. Recording the mp3 stream as an mp3
file on my computer. Then writing these files into a CDRW for playing on
various 'audio'/'video' disc players.

Slainte,

Jim

Can you really do that - record an MP3 stream as an MP3 file, I mean?
I thought the file got decoded to straight PCM, the recoded as MP3 for
writing to the file. How else would you generate the file header?

d
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