MP3 to WAV = Lossless?
MP3 to WAV = Lossless? Posted on: 17.06.2012 by Rafael Cagnina If i transfer MP3 files to WAV files will they be lossless? | |
| Romelia Stankard 17.06.2012 |
Originally Posted by Lurkerguy
No, then you would just have a larger lossy .wav file the same exact quality as the original .mp3. It can't add bits of information that aren't in the original source file. You can convert a .wav down to an .mp3 but once it's an .mp3 then quality is already lost that can't be added back. |
| Rafael Cagnina 17.06.2012 | If i transfer MP3 files to WAV files will they be lossless? |
| Nedra Fresneda 17.06.2012 | Since your question has been answered and there are countless of threads on the matter, I'm closing this one down before it derails hard. |
| Latoria Kavulich 17.06.2012 | believe of a wav like a piece of paper. scrunch that up into a ball and you have your mp3. re-converting that to a wav is you straightening that bit of paper out again. doing that same process with youtube rips is the same except you have your pants around your ankles |
| Rafael Cagnina 17.06.2012 | Got it. Thanks. |
| Erica Charvet 17.06.2012 | Yup, once the data is lost, it can't be returned by re-encoding it. The original data that makes it lossless just isn't there. |
| Rafael Cagnina 17.06.2012 | You're totally being rude. I didn't press the issue. Just because I am ignorant to the processes of digital files doesn't mean I'm to be compared to someone being stubborn and foolish. Rude comments like that have no place on a community that's here for learning. |
| Mimi Mahaffee 17.06.2012 | @Lurkerguy Don't worry, you'll be allright with 320kbit mp3 file. |
| Mimi Mahaffee 17.06.2012 | Sorry if im being rude but this reminds of a guy asking me to turn a black/white photography to colors (original). And I explained nicely that it's impossible but he just wouldn't take a no. ofcourse you can add whatever colors you like through photoshop but he actually believed that you can make black/white -> color like you can make a color photo -> black/white |
| Rafael Cagnina 17.06.2012 | What a drag. Costs a lot more to get the wav files on beatport. |
| Romelia Stankard 17.06.2012 |
Originally Posted by Lurkerguy
No, then you would just have a larger lossy .wav file the same exact quality as the original .mp3. It can't add bits of information that aren't in the original source file. You can convert a .wav down to an .mp3 but once it's an .mp3 then quality is already lost that can't be added back. |
| Ngan Ernestine 17.06.2012 | the MP3 in itself is lossy. you can decode the MP3 and save it as a WAV. in doing so, there will be no further loss in quality. playing back the WAV will result in exactly the same audio as playing back the MP3. so there is really no advantage to transcoding MP3 files to WAV. (nowadays, there isn't even a performance advantage to speak of as modern gear can decode MP3 at dozens, if not hundreds of times the playback speed.) |
| Rafael Cagnina 17.06.2012 | Just wondering if there's a way around paying so much for .wav files. |
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