wma vs. mp3 quality comparison

Discussion in 'Software' started by bluenite, Aug 19, 2015.

  1. bluenite

    bluenite Private First Class

    I have an older recorder that records only to wma format. Unfortunately for wider use of the records have to be converted to mp3 so I could play everywhere.
    The best wma bitrate with this recorder (OlympusDS-40) is 128kbit. After converting to mp3 same bitrate, the sound considerably worse. Will not improve much even with the big increase. What is equivalent to the quality/size when converting wma to mp3? There is somewhere a comparison of the two formats?
    Thanks for response
    Peter
     
    bluenite, Aug 19, 2015
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  2. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    WMA and MP3 with the same bitrates and sampling frequencies are six of one and half a dozen of the other.
    The problem is you're converting from one lossy format to another lossy format.

    What are you recording?
     
    Eldon, Aug 19, 2015
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