Audio quality info missing

Hi
I'm sure that I've seen information if an album is available as iTunes Plus or not in the past. However now this information seems to have disappeared?. I figured that iTunes may have finally turned ALL of their iTunes store albums into iTunes Plus quality (aac 256kbps) so I went ahead and bought an album only to find out that it was a 128kbps PROTECTED album.
Anyone knows more about this?

Not sure what happened. My eyes are probably playing a prank with me.
I just noticed the "plus" image - which I assume means iTunes Plus quality.
Look here: http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3035/itunesplus.jpg

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What settings give the BEST audio quality (original audio CD to iTunes)

Further to my last post, can ya'll PLEASE help me get the bottom of this? I have heard so many different opinions & need to resolve ASAP....
What pref' settings will give me the VERY BEST audio quality, when importing original audio CD's into iTunes 4?
File size is of no issue (I have TONS of storage). I aim to import all at the highest quality possible (files need to be "broadcast quality" - for playing through a big PA system). I have been advised to either.....
1. Import using the AAC encoder at a stereo bit rate of 320 kbps with a sample rate of 48.000 kHz.
2. Import using AIFF (lossless uncompressed).
3. Import using Apple Lossless (lossless compressed).
WHICH ONE SHOULD I USE? Bearing in mind that the files will be played LOUD through a professional PA system & I'd prefer the crowd not to notice a significant diference between iTune files & orginal audio CD's (I will be spining both, side by side).
Cheers - Sweetamix.

You are finding out that the answer to this question tough. Everyone has their own opinion on this one.
I saved the responses to a topic I opened six months ago on this same subject. I saved them and cut and pasted them into one document. Here were the answers I received. Good luck. bob
Subject: Re: Classical Music & Bitrate
Date: Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:12 PM
To: <[email protected]>
RE: Classical Music & Bitrate
My experience with classical music (and music in general) is that the higher the bitrate, the better the quality and richness of the music. On the other hand, there is a limit to how much distinction your ears can make, and I think that anything above 192 kbps (mp3 format) is not significantly better (and not worth the larger file size). And in terms of volume adjustment, I personally have not found any need for it.
RE: Classical Music & Bitrate
I copied the same CD to my computer in 128, 160, 192, and 320 bitrates, and I couldn't tell a difference between any of 'em. I was listening to them with Grado SR60 headphones too.
RE: Classical Music & Bitrate
I’m sure you will get several if not many responses. You may also find they vary with the preference of the individual. However there are some rules of thumb. Generally speaking I think you will indeed find the higher the bit rate brings you closer to the CD sound.
Certainly, 32-bit rate does not offer very good sound quality. Actually going from 32 to 320 should have been noticeably better, if not…. Then you’re in good shape. Because what you don’t know is there, can’t be missed.
Also, the bit rate is only part of the equation. What format codec <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=51910> are your songs ripped to.
Consider the following - iPod: About compatible song formats
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61476>
MP3 (from 32 Kbps to 320 Kbps)
MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR)
AIFF
WAV
M4A AAC
Apple Lossless Encoder
It sounds to me as though your songs may be in MP3 format. As a suggestion you might try ripping your CD’s to 128 AAC format. The general consensus is that AAC is better than MP3. Give it a shot…for the heck of it, and see what you think.
Finally in the end…..it matters little what we all might think….If you think your sounds are better ripped at a MP3 320 bit rate……Great. If not…experiment, and play around till you find what sounds wonderful to you!
RE: Classical Music & Bitrate
Sorry for taking so long to get back to this thread: had two twelve-hour work days in a row.
I did a Get Info on a typical piece in my iTunes and got this
Kind: AAC Audio File
Bit Rate: 128kb (have some at 192 & 2 or 3 at 320)
Sample Rate: 44.100 kHz
Profile: Low Complexity
Channels: Stereo
Volume: +2.3
I was troubled that one responder couldn't tell the difference among 128, 160, 192, and 320 bitrates even using Grado SR60 headphones!
And another seems to be of a similar opinion when he says that I think that anything above 192 kbps (mp3 format) is not significantly better (and not worth the larger file size). Does this apply to AAC format, too?
However, I am going to continue to add tunes at the 320 bitrate - for a while - because I swear that I can tell a difference when I play them over my car radio via the cassette adapter.

New Media Encoder Error: video and/or audio filters are missing...

My colleague reported this error popup window while using Adobe Media Encoder CC (up-to-date):
"video and/or audio filters are missing and the rendered output may not match the original"
I've been seeing similar errors the past few days. I can't remember if the wording was the same in the errors I saw, but the circumstances were the same.
I've never seen this popup error before the most recent CC update.
Some background info:
I queued up multiple Premiere Pro pproj files as usual from within Premiere
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The major problem: It stops the queue dead in it's tracks. Sure, it might seem handy to stop and give you a warning, but when it's a false report and there's nothing wrong, it's killing us, because we queue up multiple files for encoding overnight, and we're not here to get the popups.
What is likely causing this? Is it a bug that this is appearing so frequently? Has anyone else experienced this besides my colleague and I?
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Update for anyone experiencing this issue:
We are still investigating the cause of the issue and would really like your help tracking it down. If you run in to it I would be happy to jump on the phone with you and preferably do a screenshare as well. If you want to run some tests for me, this is what may help us track it down:
0. Please make sure you are updated to the latest version of Premiere Pro and AME, which at this time are Premiere Pro 7.2.1 and AME 7.2.
1. Simplify the project. Create a copy of the project and eliminate anything in the project that isn't related to the sequence(s) you are exporting. Then run the encode again. If it still occurs, move to the next step. If it doesn't occur any more, repeat step one and only remove half of the unused items (sorry, this is giong to be a manual process). Rinse, repeat.
2. Open your sequence in Premiere and press Cmd/Ctrl + A to select all clips in your sequence. Right click and select Remove All Effects. Export again. No repro? Go to step 4. If it still repros, go to step 4.
3. Make all the media offline. Export again. No repro? Go to step 4. Repro? Go to step 5.
4. Send me a message with as much detail as possible. Even better would be if you could provide me a copy of your project file.
Your help in tracking this issue down is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Does Encoding AAC Files with VBR on Improve Audio Quality ?

Does Encoding AAC Files with VBR on Improve Audio Quality ?
Are there Disadvantages ?
Bonus Question 1:
Usually, an 'auto' type encoding tool will screw up the natural flow of the music and miss subtle changes in the energy, volume, etc.. -stuff that is just to subtle for it to catch -Generally I wouldn't trust an 'auto' type setting to pick up this subtle stuff. Yet people say using VBR improves sound quality (and NOT file size). Why and how ?
Bonus Question 2:
What is the max bit rate VBR uses ? If I set my AAC encoder to 320 kbps and turned VBR off, wouldn't the sound quality be superior to encoding with VBR on (simply because the kbps are set at 320 the whole time...) ? Sure, the files encoded with VBR off would be larger, but wouldn't the quality be better ?
Bonus Question 3:
Lastly, I did a little test and encoded one song with VBR off and one with VBR on. The VBR song was 1.5 MBs bigger - Huh, I thought, is that increased file size the result of improved resolution throughout the whole song, or just one little section (haven't had time to listen to them)?
Message was edited by: temptemp9

These are some pretty tough questions. I like VBR encoding in general, as it does allow for more complex passages to take advantage of higher bit rates while less complex passages fall back to a lower bit rate, while keeping within fairly consistent file size parameters. Whether VBR yields better results at different target/average bit rates is another matter, and really requires that you encode and properly test output files before deciding on anything but "recommended" settings.
At maximum lossy bit rates of 320 kbps, it doesn't make sense to use VBR. If I recall, the LAME MP3 encoder presets actually preclude VBR encoding for the highest quality files, and the same may be true for iTunes AAC.
I have to admit that to speak with any certainty or confidence about the issues surrounding your various questions, one would really need to encode a bunch of files with iTunes from lossless sources and test them in software such as foobar2000. I could investigate this easily on my own PC, but I don't encode music at 320 kbps AAC, since I have enough disk space to just listen to lossless files. iTunes doesn't display dynamic bit rate changes as foobar2000 does, and I haven't come across any Mac software that does as good a job of allowing for proper testing as foobar2000 for Windows does.
If you really need definitive answers to these three questions, then I think your best bet would be to do as I've hinted and use iTunes and foobar2000 if you've got access to a Windows computer to do this testing and evaluation for yourself, or sign up for a user account at Hydrogenaudio and post the same message there.

How to improve audio quality

I got the 8GB Nano as a gift. I already had good headphones -- Shure eC4's. The audio quality from the Nano is not as good as what I get off my laptop. Fooling around with the EQ settings gives a small improvement but overall the quality off the laptop still beats the Nano. Most of my tunes were ripped at 192 using Musicmatch several years ago. Did iTunes somehow transfer these to my Nano at 128? What is the default rip rate under iTunes? Can I change it? Or is the audio quality on the Nano just mediocre to begin with?
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You must re-import everything at the new bitrate of 192kbps. You can clear your iTunes first before doing this to ensure there are no duplicate files.
The info contained in the other post is wrong. You cannot just sync your iPod at the new bit rate you selected, this will change nothing.
When you imported your CDs at 128kbps, a lot of info was lost from the original CD. This is how compression works. Put simply, when importing the songs iTunes discards any info that you cannot hear in order to make the file size smaller. That info can consist of anything such as frequencies that the human ear cannot hear (but which may affect harmonics). The theory being that if the ear cannot hear it, it's of no use.
Once imported into iTunes at 128kbps, increasing the bitrate to 192kbps without importing the CD all over again will not replace the info that was lost originally because it was discarded and cannot be recovered, and it will not improve the sound quality of your already imported files.
If sound quality is important to you, import the CDs again at the new bitrate.

Cover Art, importing, & audio quality

In the process of ripping my CD's into iTunes in my Mac Mini I've noticed that iTunes doesn't always import the cover art. I know that this is a known issue among many posts in the forum but wanted to confirm that if the album isn't sold in the iTunes Store you won't get the cover art even if you are ripping your own CD's into iTunes. Is this correct? Also, is there no way to use something like Gracenote to import the cover art or do I have to do it manually. What is frustrating is that Windows Media Player on my Dell PC fnds these same CD's cover art no problem. Why can't iTunes do the same? Any thoughts or suggestions on an easy way to import missing cover art would be appreciated.
Also, I have a large amount of music files on an external hard drive that was originally connected to my Windows PC. What is the best way to import this music into iTunes on my Mac Mini?
Finally a question on audio quality of the various codecs available for ripping CD's into iTunes. I noticed that the ALAC encoding bit rate varies by CD whereas ripping as WAV always uses 1411 bps. I know ALAC is a lossless compression codec and so I am in the process of comparing the quality of the various codecs but was curious if anyone has any comments based on listening tests.
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I checked the latest episode and the MP3 file does not have an image embedded in it.
This is the method for adding it in iTunes on a Mac (I assume Windows would be similar):
Open iTunes and add the audio file to the library. Select it and hit command-i. Select the 'Artwork' tag. Drag your image to the space. Close, and when you play the track you should see the artwork. Drag the file out to the desktop and upload this version to the server. You can delete the copy in iTunes if necessary but if you are storing the file elsewhere you should replace it with this new version (which looks just the same, and note that the cover art does not appear in the QuickTime Player).

Poor imported audio quality in Captivate 4

Hi Everyone,
I'm having some serious audio quality issues with Captivate 4. I'm recording my audio in Audacity and importing it into Captivate. The audio sounds great in Audacity, Windows Media Player, iTunes, and everything else I've tested it in. However, once I import it into Captivate and press play, it sounds horrible. It's thin, tinny, and robotic. The degradation in quality is considerable. I've tried recording my audio as both .mp3s and .wavs, but they both sound bad once imported. I've also downloaded all of the available patches, including the patch specifically designed to address poor audio quality in Captivate 4. I've tinkered with every audio setting I can find. No luck. I have noticed that the shorter/smaller audio files are less garbled, and really short files are sometimes not garbled at all. I would record directly into Captivate, but the audio sounds even worse when I do that. Anyone have any idea how I can remedy this situation? Just for background info, I'm running Captivate 4 on a macbook running XP via parallels.
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Hi,
I responded here in the forums because I figure other people might need this info as well.
In Audacity, I go to:
Preferences -> Quality -> Default Sample Format and set it to 16 bit.
Then click OK.
When you record new audio tracks, they should automatically be set to 16 bit.
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Other people's experience with audio quality

I was wondering what other people's experience has been with audio quality using P2P and/or Hub and spoke with LCCS. We have a web based and an air based video chat client that we've been testing and so far our results are hit or miss (for both 2 way P2P and 3 way H&S). We've been testing with hardware AEC, and without using headphones, with internal and external mics but I still get a lot of chopiness and it can be difficult to undertand each other even in a two way P2P call.
I know mileage will vary depending on how good the network connection is, but we're also using gmail's video chat right after as a control and the difference is night and day ( I know they have better audio codecs with variable bit rates and other fancy things etc etc.). To be fair sometimes it sounds great even across country, but most times it's tough to understand one another.
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We set up standard values for video and mic settings that we think work well for different connection speeds as well as expose both networking/bandwidth statistics as well as mic/video controls for making fine adjustments if an endpoint is experiencing quality issues. It all seems to work fairly well - if only we could get some sort of AEC in place then we could ditch the headphones and make it a whole lot better...
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Speaker Audio Quality Went Down after Upgrading Device Software

Hello Everyone
I recently upgraded mine Blackberry 8830 from Os Version 4.2 to 4.5. I had to do it as i was not able
to utilize the complete features of this smartphone
One big thing i noticed though is , after upgradation the audio quality went down by almost 20%
Initially when mine phone used to play songs , it would be amazing to listen to that being quite
different from all other Mobile Phones. But after the upgrade , the audio quality declined.
I tried all options , using audioboost and everything else, but not able to listen to same quality till now
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Hey axsuri,
Once you completed the upgrade did you restore a backup file? If you did then try doing this, backup the device again. Once you have a new backup preform a reset to factory as shown in this article http://bbry.lv/a0QXmX after this is completed transfer a music file to the device and test to see if you are still having the same issue. If the issue is resolved then use this article to only restore essential data. http://bit.ly/bSbfl3
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Song and Artist Info missing under itunes but not in the original file, and putting track number next to certian songs. Help

i recently updated my itunes...today i opened it up and moticed abuout 100 songs missing...they are now at the bottom of itunes song list with a number next to them with information mission such as this the example below
01 human                                                                 (this song should have the killers name as artist and cd title, etc)
01 hosanna     hillsong united                                 (this song should have the cd title to it)
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A response on this subject from another post:
It could be that you have inadvertently imported these CDs into iTunes as part of a compilation. If so, the artists won't show in the artists menu on the iPod.
To check, highlight the tracks on one of the offending artists CDs in iTunes, right click and select "get info". This brings up a multiple song info window, and from there you can check if you have 'yes' in the box marked "part of a compilation".
If you have, select 'no' instead and click 'ok'. Do this with any CD that has this issue. This will alter the info in iTunes, and you should then connect your iPod and synchronize the changes.
The problem arises because the information contained on the Gracenote CD Data Base (where iTunes gets all it's album/artist/track info from), is sometimes incorrect. It can show CDs as compilations when in fact they are not.
ramstigo wrote:
I had an earlier post on this subject with a similar problem. I tried what you suggested and it worked indeed. You can select the artists from your Ipod on Itunes and after highlighting the artists/albums affected, click NO on the compilation box and the issue is resolved: the artists appear on the list.
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ISSUE:
A previously applied HP Slate 21 Kit Kat Update (Android 4.4.2) over the air (OTA) update may have caused issues with audio quality or wireless LAN connectivity.
Audio Quality: Bass response will be poor. Audio will play but bass frequencies will be lacking.
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I see drastic change in audio quality in HP Slate 7 Voice Tab after an upgrade to recent Kit Kat update. Songs and other media is not all audible , Volume through external speaker is very very less at maximum volume also.Tried with many song, HD videos but issue remains same and feels its related to new android version update on HP Slate 7 voice tab.
So would like to know is there any new update or solution for this issue.

Hey @S_Thomas ,
Welcome to the HP forums.
I understand you're experiencing issues with audio quality on your Slate 7 Voice Tab after updating to KitKat.
How to check for system updates:
You must be connected to the Internet to check for updates. Use the following steps to check for system updates on your tablet.
1. On the Home screen, touch the All apps icon, and then touch the Settings icon.
2. In the System section, touch About tablet.
Figure 1: About tablet.
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Figure 2: System updates.
4. Touch Check now.
Figure 3: Check now.
5. Install any available system updates.
If no updates are available, or updates do not resolve the issue try the following.
Clear all cache on the tablet: Settings > Storage > Cached Data. You should have the option to erase all the cached data here.
Hard reset: While the tablet is on, press and hold the power button for 8+ seconds to force shut down. Turn the tablet back on and see if that helps.
Factory reset: Make sure you backup any important files or information first. Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset.
If this fails to resolve the issue please call our technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the following link to get the support number for your region: Phone Assist Worldwide.
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Need BAPI for change of quality info record (Tcode: QI02)

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Have you tried doing this in ECATT??
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