[vorbis] MP3 to OGG translation?

[Patrik Rådman]

In an article in mailing-lists.vorbis Adam Scriven <scriven at lore.com> wrote:
> Hello.  I'm new to the list, and I've dutifully, like the good newbie (in 
> this list anyway) that I am, have searched through the archives, but I can 
> find no answer to my question.
> 
> SO...is there, or can there be, a viable MP3 to OGG translator, so that 
> those of us with gigabytes of MP3's (legalities aside) can translate them 
> to OGGs?

I wouldn't do that. Both MP3 and Vorbis use lossy compression, and using one
type of lossy compression on top of another doesn't sound like a good idea
to me...

I'm ripping all my new CDs with Vorbis, but my old MP3s stays the
way they are. With a suitable plugin for the player, it doesn't matter what
the format is, anyway.

That's my 0.02 euro... :)


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