[vorbis] Best quality setting for mp3 transcoded old radio shows

[Steve Bergman]

engdev wrote:

>Since vorbis only has support for 44KHz (currently), but MP3 has
>support all the way down to 8KHz, it is very likely that at the low
>bit rates you are talking about, that the MP3 files have a
>low sample rate.
>Re-encoding to OGG would require upsampling (probably done
>within MP32OGG) and the resulting re-code would not sound
>as good or reach the same file size. Probably. Suck it and see!
>
>  
>
Thanks.  Yes, I should have included the info that these are encoded at 
22050.

Geoff suggested that it may not be worth the bother.  And I agree on a 
certain level.  However, I was distresed to see the low visibility of 
OGG on Gnutella.  I feel better making my stuff available only in OGG. 
 However, I don't want to contribute to giving OGG a bad reputation 
(either for quality, or for file size). This is compounded by the fact 
that the result can't be any higher  quality than the original mp3's. 
 Basically, my reasons are 'religious' in nature.  But I don't want to 
disgrace the church, if you know what I mean.

Steve

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