iPod Secret

chancey · 16th January 2005, 10:25 AM

A couple of days ago I was bored and looking through the licence on my iPod and found a familiar name 'THOMSON'. They are the people that make mp3PRO (makes mp3 less than 50% of original size with only looses a bit of the quality).

http://www.mp3prozone.com/

So I converted a song to mp3PRO put it on my iPod and YAY! it works, the iPod had no problem with it.

Of course Apple don't premote this format, because they want you to use there AAC format.

Tell all your friends!

zeltra · 16th January 2005, 10:46 AM

interesting find

junglist · 16th January 2005, 4:26 PM

It was my understanding that mp3pro was backwards compatible in that any device that plays mp3 should be able to play mp3pro.

click__head · 16th January 2005, 4:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by junglist

It was my understanding that mp3pro was backwards compatible in that any device that plays mp3 should be able to play mp3pro.

That's what I have read too, but when a MP3 Pro song is played in a non MP3 Pro player it will be low quality.

Shuya · 16th January 2005, 10:46 PM

AAC format is superior to the MP3 format. AAC ranks up there in quality with MPC and OGG from the blind listening tests.

MP3 is 2 steps down, and I'am talking about the Lame presets, I shudder to even think of the fraunhofer encodes.

16th January 2005, 10:25 AM	#1
chancey Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,269	iPod Secret A couple of days ago I was bored and looking through the licence on my iPod and found a familiar name 'THOMSON'. They are the people that make mp3PRO (makes mp3 less than 50% of original size with only looses a bit of the quality). http://www.mp3prozone.com/ So I converted a song to mp3PRO put it on my iPod and YAY! it works, the iPod had no problem with it. Of course Apple don't premote this format, because they want you to use there AAC format. Tell all your friends! __________________ MusicBrainz AutoEditor \| Last.fm: chancey (140,000+ plays) Laptop: Unibody MacBook 2.4ghz, 4GB DDR3, 500GB Desktop: Mac Pro (8-core) 2.8Ghz, 6GB ECC RAM, 4x Gigabit Server: Q9550, 4GB 1066Mhz, 3ware 9650SE-16ML, 12.8 TB, Fedora 10 x64, 4x Gigabit

16th January 2005, 10:46 AM	#2
zeltra Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,288	interesting find __________________ I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman !

16th January 2005, 4:26 PM	#3
junglist Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: NOT THAT JUNGLIST! Posts: 646	It was my understanding that mp3pro was backwards compatible in that any device that plays mp3 should be able to play mp3pro.

16th January 2005, 10:46 PM	#5
Shuya Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 58	AAC format is superior to the MP3 format. AAC ranks up there in quality with MPC and OGG from the blind listening tests. MP3 is 2 steps down, and I'am talking about the Lame presets, I shudder to even think of the fraunhofer encodes.