Flac or ogg 320 or others and why?

[medic2000]

As the title says....

[monsterstack]

I usually encode ripped CDs to Ogg 320kbps just because of the smaller file sizes. If I download something in flac, though, I usually leave it as it is. If I download mp3s or Oggs, I leave them as they are, too, because I don't want to degrade them any further by converting them to another format.

[gn2]

.mp3

Why?

Compatibility.

[cb951303]

To my ears, there is no difference between OGG 320 and FLAC (yes I know FLAC is lossless)
Since FLAC has a bigger file size, I would go with OGG

[monsterstack]

.mp3

Why?

Compatibility.

If you are prepared to lose a hell of a lot of money, it's worth getting one of those iAudio players [amazon.co.uk]. Massively overpriced, but it identifies itself as a generic USB device so it works on anything, has a huge disk, and manages to play MPEG1 Layer 1/2/3, WMA, FLAC, OGG Vorbis, OGG FLAC, Apple Lossless, AAC/AAC+, AC3, True Audio, Monkey Audio, MusePack, WavPack, G.726, and PCM files without complaint.

[gn2]

If you are prepared to lose a hell of a lot of money, it's worth getting one of those iAudio players.

But that wouldn't make any difference to my car stereo or my household's range of assorted mobile phones

[monsterstack]

But that wouldn't make any difference to my car stereo or my household's range of assorted mobile phones

Good point. But then you could always plug the device into your car's stereo and use it instead of your phone.

[Rainstride]

As the title says....

depends on what you need and how much space you are working with.

if you want to make backups of your original cds, than i would use .flac that way if you need to burn a new copy it will be the same quality. its also great if you have a great sound card and a nice pair of headphones.

if you just want to add your music to your computer for you ipod or something like that, use ogg 320. it will use less space on your computer and music player.

[pwnst*r]

dits also great if you have a great sound card and a nice pair of headphones.

..and a headphone amp!

[Dimitriid]

I'd love to use OGG but my cellphone won't read em, my car stereo won't read em, my work computer wont read em without me installing the codec ( which my admin promptly removes every few days anway ) and if I want to share with someone they ask me "what is this ogg thing? Are you trying to give me a virus!?"

MP3 and its terrible, grossly outdated audio quality is a necessary evil.