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From:Gerald Mellor
Date:4 Aug 2000 at 01:04:56
Subject:Re: Mpeg 3 playback.

Hi Andrew, on 04-Aug-00, you wrote:

> By the way, are you sure that mp3's are saved as 16 bit, or any
> number of bits for that matter? I'm not sure, but I have a feeling
> it saves waveform data, not the actualy wave (like instead of saving
> a wave like a sample, it saves it as a frequency and volume or
> sommin.) If that's true, then in theory a decoder could decode at an
> infinite bit res.

Unless I'm mistaken (cue cries of "you're mistaken" from the crowd),
music on CDs is 16 bit sound. So, unless you're encoding mp3s from a
different source, you're not going to be able to encode at above 16
bit.

Regards
Gerry



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