which is better mp3 or wma

[I2n0ld]

which is better music compression wma or mp3? what is the difference?

[Telexen]

http://ekei.com/audio/

Google is your friend.

[I2n0ld]

that was fast. thnx
do u use any freeware to convert wma to mp3. will that cause quality drops if u convert?

[jkrohn]

Quality will drop. Both are lossy codecs, so converting from one to the other will cause a drop in quality. To see the benifit of one over the other you have to encode from wav.

Jkrohn

[soulja]

i'd say mp3. especially when its at the 192k

[SeanC]

I prefer MP3. WMA is a Microsoft format and it WILL fall under the DMCA and all that Paladium stuff that coming up on the radar.

Sean

[Creatures]

mp3! but BTW ogg is even better but not so popular!

Creatures

[soulja]

whats so good about it ? most i ever seen top is mp3s

[DPA]

according to many of my thai, korean, and japanese friends; OGG is a commonly used "term" when referring to music. The OGG file rage has been coursing over there for a couple of years now. In most cases, they prefer OGG to MP3 as it does not have the "tinging" sound that comes with MP3 compression.

*note* the tinging being the distortion sound that comes with high pitched instruments/voices, mainly being hi-hats and cymbals.

[DanGrease]

I prefer MP3 better than WMA.
When you have a quality with 128+ in your MP3's you have a great quality. Its also probably the most famous and popular, must be for some reason.

dan