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Revision as of 21:16, 19 January 2006 edit Bk0 (talk \| contribs) 2,431 edits Merge with transcode ← Previous edit		Latest revision as of 19:06, 5 February 2022 edit undo Tavix (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Administrators 76,424 edits m Tavix moved page Talk:Transcoding/version 2 to Talk:Transcode without leaving a redirect: complete WP:ROBIN page move
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Line 6: Reply with '''Support''' or '''Oppose''', followed by optional explanatory comments. --[[User:Bk0\|Bk0]] ([[User talk:Bk0\|Talk]]) 21:16, 19 January 2006 (UTC) '''Support''' --[[User:84.68.72.46\|84.68.72.46]] 22:32, 8 March 2006 (UTC) ==MP3 to WAV== Can I encode an MP3 back to WAV and then burn it as an audio cd and play that WAV in my car? I have an old CD player which doesnt recognize the mp3 format. <small>—''The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages\|unsigned]] comment was added by'' [[User:68.18.180.161\|68.18.180.161]] ([[User talk:68.18.180.161\|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/68.18.180.161\|contribs]]) {{{2\|}}}.</small><!--Inserted with Template:Unsigned--> :WAV is a [[lossless]] format so there would be no loss in quality going from MP3 -> WAV. Transcoding refers to going from one [[lossy]] format to another, such as MP3 -> [[Advanced Audio Coding\|AAC]] or MP3 -> [[Ogg Vorbis\|Vorbis]]. --[[User:Bk0\|Bk0]] ([[User talk:Bk0\|Talk]]) 12:59, 28 February 2006 (UTC) Awesome, but I've heard that when going from MP3 to WAV, that information will be added to the WAV to make the wav go back to the originial size. Is that true? [[User:68.18.136.186\|68.18.136.186]] 00:43, 2 March 2006 (UTC) :Not really. Think of it this way: the analog sound you hear is a continuous waveform. The various digital formats such as MP3 and WAV are simply numeric ''descriptions'' of that waveform. Lossy formats like MP3 are a less precise and less accurate description than WAV. The waveform that results from decoding MP3 data will look somwhat similar to the original uncompressed waveform but it won't be identical. The WAV that results after decoding MP3 is just a highly accurate description of that somewhat inaccurate compressed waveform, so it takes up more space than the MP3 but contains no additional accuracy or fidelity. I hope that helps. :) --[[User:Bk0\|Bk0]] ([[User talk:Bk0\|Talk]]) 13:23, 2 March 2006 (UTC) I just converted an MP3 to WAV. The MP3 was 1.9MB and the resultant WAV was 19MB. [[User:68.155.226.30\|68.155.226.30]]