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Bent Rasmussen

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Loss of data?
« on: 17 Aug '02 - 19:39 »
I have a simple beginner question. If I convert my mod files into mo3 and back into their original form with unmo3, can I be sure that no data is lost in the samples? Isn't mp3 compression always lossy on some frequencies?

As a second question, why at all design mo3 for back-translation, doesn't that obfuscate the format quite a bit?

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Bent Rasmussen

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Re: Loss of data? Oops, a case of RTFM.
« Reply #1 on: 17 Aug '02 - 22:09 »

Sorry, this is a case of RTFM, I didn't see:

"A lossless sample codec is also incorporated, and the whole file structure is compressed too."

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Ian @ un4seen

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Re: Loss of data?
« Reply #2 on: 18 Aug '02 - 11:58 »
The sample quality is actually retained remarkably well when using a good encoder (eg. LAME or OGG), so that it can be impossible to tell the difference despite the MO3 being a fraction of the size :)
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Skaven

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Re: Loss of data?
« Reply #3 on: 2 Sep '02 - 21:32 »
However, you should always keep an unpacked (or losslessly packed) version of your song as the "source", and use the packed version for redistribution.

Just in case that wasn't obvious. :)

(therefore, I see little point in the MO3 decoder... isn't it kinda like converting a .JPG to a .BMP?)
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Fraggie

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Re: Loss of data?
« Reply #4 on: 2 Sep '02 - 21:40 »
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(therefore, I see little point in the MO3 decoder... isn't it kinda like converting a .JPG to a .BMP?)

But if your favourite painting program does not support .JPG?...

(Love your music!)

(Sorry, I just HAD to say that...  :P)
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Ralesk

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Re: Loss of data?
« Reply #5 on: 3 Sep '02 - 17:08 »
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(Love your music!)

(Sorry, I just HAD to say that...  :P)


  If I keep listening to the 8-bit noisy 2ndr-sk, he must be indeed good ;D
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