Help me on choosing the best sound quality for my music on my itunes!!!

I heard that AIFF Encoder is the best sound quality you can import your music into Itunes. On the settings for AIFF Encoder do you know what Sample Rate, Sample Size, and what Channel I should set it to? Should I just leave them on Auto? How about if I have a HDCD? What are your suggestions?

I agree use Apple Lossless. Bizarrely it is also easier to share Apple Lossless with Windows Media Player than AIFF.
I have my entire iTunes library in Apple Lossless and shared with WMP and also Media Center 2005. I can also use it in full lossless quality with Roku SoundBridge, Apple TV, iPhone, iPod, etc. etc. etc.

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Hey guys, have a quick question. I'm making drum covers for YouTube, and I want the best possible quality for my viewers. I use Final Cut Express 4.0.1 on my MacBook Pro, and Log and Transfer the video footage from a HDR-CX160 Sony AVCHD Handycam. What are my best options?
Thank you!
Justin

In every aspect of life there is no such thing as one best option as it all depends on your particular circumstances.
Here is a good starting point for you to decide what suits you best.
When you have edited your project in FCE try these settings:-
Select File>Export>Using QT Conversion.
Click the "Options" button and when the the Options window opens you will see "Size", "Settings" and "Sound" buttons.
Click the Size button and set 1920 x 1080
Click the Settings button and select:-
Compression Type . . . . H.264
Frame Rate . . . . . . . . . Current
Key Frames . . . . . . . . . Automatic
Compressor Quality . . . High
Encoding . . . . . . . . . . "Faster" encode will give almost the same quality as "Best" but is twice as fast - your decision!
Data Rate . . . . . . . . . . Restrict to 10,000kbps (Don't use a comma when you enter the number)
Then click the "Audio" button and make sure that AAC has been selected.
These settings should give very good quality results fairly quickly, which should play well. Your file size will be around 5GB per hour.
Some people prefer to use the smaller 1280 x 720, in which case the Data Rate should be 5,000kbps.
I suggest you do a quick test with a film under one minute long to see how it looks as there is nothing worse than spending hours encoding a long project only to find that the settings were unsuitable.

[SOLVED] How to achieve the best sound quality with USB DAC?

I want to take full advantage of my hardware. However, I'm having trouble understanding what settings I need to configure. I've spent several hours reading through wikis and searching online. Ultimately, I'm trying to achieve the highest quality audio output in stereo that's possible with my setup. USB > Behringer UAC202 > RCA out > Audioengine A2
I've had this DAC working for a couple of weeks, but I noticed that MPD was still eating a lot of CPU cycles upsampling music from 44.1 to 48khz. As I looked into it, it seems that this is unavoidable with ALSA, so I need to use OSS. Is that true? There's some conflicting ideas about when it's necessary to use OSS. I'm not using any legacy applications or old hardware. The "Hardware mixing" section in the ALSA wiki is pretty sparse.
I want all sound to go through the DAC, so I disabled all of the sound options in the BIOS (HDAudio and HDMI audio). I shouldn't need those enabled, right? (What's strange is that ALSA no longer wants to load without them.) I've added the OSS daemon and it starts, but I still don't have any sound in KDE. It no longer offers the "USB Audio CODEC" option. I'm ok with no system sound for now, if I can get MPD working.
/etc/mpd.conf contains:
audio_output {
type "oss"
name "UCA202"
device "/dev/oss/usb08bb2902-1/pcm0"
format "44100:16:2" # optional
mixer_device "/dev/mixer"
MPD is still starting as the root user. (I know, I should change that)
The daemon starts, but trying to play any track results in the following error in /var/log/mpd/mpd.log:
May 21 10:46 : output: "UCA202" [oss] failed to play: Write error on /dev/oss/usb08bb2902-1/pcm0: Input/output error
So... any help would be appreciated. Maybe, first of all, do I need to use OSS or should I switch back to alsa? Or maybe something else like jack?
*******EDIT*******
ALSA was the correct choice. The simple solution was to create /etc/asound.conf containing:
pcm.!default{
type rate
slave{
pcm "plughw:0,0"
rate 44100
Then change the audio output settings in mpd.conf to:
audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "MPD ALSA"
device "hw:0,0"
mixer_control "PCM"
With these settings the DAC receives 44.1khz audio and no upmixing occurs. Only one application can make audio output at a time. MPD uses much less CPU.
Last edited by ioos (2012-05-24 23:34:51)

Pajaro wrote:
For good sound quality, flat response is the most important thing. Take a look at qloud, http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34412, and find yourself a very good microphone.
Then you will probably want to set a global equalizer for your machine. You can try with alsa, http://krustev.net/w/articles/Global_eq … _for_ALSA/.
If ALSA isn't finegrained enough, jack has a lot more flexibility, except for the fact that it doesn't allow you to set default output device, so you will need a helper application to redirect all output connections to your equalizer.
Well, i would say this is quite subjective. Untouched signal is superior to any equalized sound in my opinion, but i know this debate is never satisfying

What settings would get you the best sound quality?

Okay, so I don't really know too much about audio, but I do care abou tsound quality.
I was poking around in the built in MIDI controller and I was looking at the settings for my MacBook Pro Retina 15" and the options under format where "44100Hz, 48000Hz, 88200Hz, and 96000Hz." I am wandering which of these would be the highest quality sound? I am not sure and don't want to mess anytihing up by setting it wrong.
Also, the other option in the channels. Which is better: 2ch-24 bit integer, 2ch-16 bit integer, or 2ch-32 bit float?
I'm not sure if these are dumb questions, but thanks in advanced!

Have a look at this article, you'll get an extensive comparison of the AAC and MP3 formats and bit rates benchmarked against CD format: Planet of Sound - Quality of AAC audio and MP3
Of the various options iTunes gives, AAC and MP3 are compressed formats so you lose some quality but gain space. AIFF (CD) and WAV are uncompressed so you gain quality at the expense of space. Apple Lossless falls somewhere in between, doesn't compress as much as AAC and MP3 so you gain some space but not as much, however it is claimed to give a quality which is the equal to CD. Of the compressed formats AAC is less widely used at present, if you have a non Apple music player or a newer in-car CD player then MP3 would be the most compatible compressed format: iTunes Encoding Strategies

Please Help me to Choose the best config to run forms on web

Hi,
I have started upgrading my application from Dev2000 1.3 to Dev2000 6i in order to deploy on web. I have few questions to ask
1. I need to know which config is the best & fast to run my applications out of
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I'm quite new to j2EE developement.
Currently im working on a web based user management application ( a small scale one ).
For that im hoping to use JSP s for presentaion tier and EJBs for business logic. This business logic seems to be having more on database accessing. Im not using Entity Beans for data access , but hope to use Session Beans.Why EJBs? POJOs will work just fine.
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Is it ok if i develop according to this model , or is it better to use Entity Beans for data acccess ?Neither. Use POJOs. What are EJBs buying you?
Is it a bad design to use Session Beans for data accessing ?Why?
Or else , what if i avoid EJB s completely and database access is done via JSP itself ?Ouch, no. JSPs are for presentation only.
Or i have another option , that is , using JSP for the presentation layer and Servlets for database accessing.Wrong again.
what is the preferred way ? How i can decide a better way ?Learn how to layer an app properly. Learn Spring. http://www.springframework.org
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Help me to choose the best, it will be a gift T_T

Greetings to all
Im going to buy a camera for my husband
I know his type is the DSLR
He had one long time, but sold it so i dont know what itz model
Am thinking to get him the latest by Canon
I read many reviews now I need to know the best for someone likes to shoot portrays
According to what I read 650D is good and 70D
I went amazon and I saw many options goes with that
so I found about lenses and other accessories which i dont know, and now I find myself lost
like what is the difference between
18-55mm EF-S IS STM Lens vs 18-135mm EF-S IS STM Lens ?
I wanna give him everything that he needs a full package
price doesnt matter
so please guide me
what is best for portray shooting
what all accessories that essential and must have
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Go to Solution.

The body needs to be good enough to be up to the task at hand. Example:
Suppose I want to take an image of a flowers in a vase in excellent lighting. The camera is on a tripod. The subject is not moving (no "action" to capture.)
In a situation like that, you basically have all the time in the world to frame up and capture that shot. This shot isn't going to test the limits of what a camera can do -- any camera body would be fine.
If, on the other hand, you're shooting in very poor lighting, then a body that can handle high ISO senstivity levels while keeping the image "noise" levels low would definitely have an advantage. If you're shooting "action" photography then a camera with a great focus system and a fast frame rate would be definitely have an advantage.
Since portraits tend to be posed and aren't "action" photography, the focus system and frame rate isn't usually critical. You also usually get to control the lighting in portraiture rather than having to make-do with whatever lighting happens to be available -- so even the ability to shoot at very high ISO settings isn't actually very important (again... for portraiture. For some other type of photography that might be really important.)
The new 70D will certainly be a more capable camera than the 650D.
The 650D is part of Canon's "Rebel" series. These are all entry-level bodies... the T3 being the low-end of the range and the T5i being the high-end of the "Rebel" range.
The 70D is part of Canon's mid-range bodies... these are bodies that start to have the benefits of the pro bodies (e.g. the control layout on the camera is much closer to the pro bodies.)
The big new feature on the 70D is Canon's new hybrid AF mode which is especially nice for shooting video. The 70D also has basically the same focus system as is found on the Canon 7D (the 7D has a lot of optimizations which make it ideal for action photography). It has a 19 point auto-focus system (vs. the 9 point system found on the Rebel bodies.)
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What would be a big deal for portraiture... is lighting gear.
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Help!!! The best audio interface for Logic Studio

Hey y'all,
I'm looking for an audio interface. Requirements are: microphone- (XLR), instrument- (1/4") and midi-connectors. I'd like to record everything 1 by 1 all by myself, without audio playback/slowing-down issues. I'm quite new with recording and have no idea which one suits my system and software the best. I want to record as easy as possible and with the most beautiful results available. Price range of up to €500.
My MacBook Pro:
Mac OS X 10.6.8
Processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7
Geheugen 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
My software: Logic Studio
Thanks!

If Midi connectivity is important: Focusrite Saffire 6 (USB). Check out the User Guide:
http://www.focusrite.com/downloads/saffire_6_usb/
Otherwise, I would strongly recommend Mackie's Onyx Blackjack, especially when also out gigging. Check out the product page and you can also download an Owner's Manual:
http://www.mackie.com/products/onyxblackjack/
I use the Mackie . User Guides/Manuals are a great way of checking out detail about a product when deciding what to buy.
I thought that Sennheiser were well known for headphones, not microphones.

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Hi there,
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I guess I need a book on java script, but I'm very keen for something that can communicate how to do these things directly within edge (so wether you enter the code on frame update or touch start etc)
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Hi there,
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http://burakkanber.com/blog/physics-in-javascript-car-suspension-part-1-spring-mass-damper /
The principles all make sense to me and I can kind of see what's going on with the javescript (whan I say, 'kind of', I mean pretty vaguely) but I can't fathom out how to apply that javescript in Edge. Can anyone describe how to apply this code to Edge directly - ie. Where should I put each section of code to ensure that the drag actions work etc.?
I don't need the canvas stuff as I'll be using graphic objects anyway.
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What is the Best Export settings for Uploading to Youtube?

Hi, Im kinda new to this can someone pls help me find the best video quality for uploading in youtube. SO when i xport media and choos h.264 and hten go to any other format other than widescreen high resolution preset all my titles becomes choppy but when i choose that preset it seems to be okay but the resolution on youtube does not go above 480p.
which format and preset combination do i choose in order to get on youtube 1080p without having my titles in the video all choppy?
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Choppy YT playback might be a poor Internet connection. Post a link, I'll check here.

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Pajaro wrote:
For good sound quality, flat response is the most important thing. Take a look at qloud, http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34412, and find yourself a very good microphone.
Then you will probably want to set a global equalizer for your machine. You can try with alsa, http://krustev.net/w/articles/Global_eq … _for_ALSA/.
If ALSA isn't finegrained enough, jack has a lot more flexibility, except for the fact that it doesn't allow you to set default output device, so you will need a helper application to redirect all output connections to your equalizer.
Well, i would say this is quite subjective. Untouched signal is superior to any equalized sound in my opinion, but i know this debate is never satisfying

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Taking into account a new Samsung mobile phone purchase, but also consider the Samsung mobile phone battery. Here are some suggestions to help.
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