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Is it converting up from 128 or getting a new file?
by joewrong 12y ago
Is it converting up from 128 or getting a new file?
- TarpitCarnivore 12y agoIt gives you the highest quality Apple has for the song, if it's matched. I had a ton of terribly transcoded files that got replaced with 256kbps AAC files. In my reading and own personal testing the difference between 256kbps AAC and 320MP3 is negligible. The only issue I ran into was some stuff didn't full match an album. I would get 10 out of 12 tracks matched, or 5 out of 12. Still for 18K songs I think I only had 100-200 that didn't end up being matched. Amazon does offer this too but I have no idea how well it works in comparison.
- Oletros 12y agoIf there is a match it uses the 256 AAC file you would have get if you buy the song in iTunes. If it is not matches, it uploads your original file. It was a good way to migrate from 128kbps MP3 to high quality 256 AAC