topic Re: 2 questions Sony VGF-Ap1L in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/2-questions-sony-vgf-ap1l/m-p/1369#M3037 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Higher Bitrate + More energy consumption.<BR /><BR />Why converting a MP3 128kBit to Atrac3Plus 256kBit? That increase the file size but the quality is still the same or poorer. Because you can't convert a file into another Codec without to lose quality. Atrac3 132kBit would do the same job if you want convert a 128kBit MP3 file.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:10:03 GMT seb21__ 2005-07-01T13:10:03Z 2 questions Sony VGF-Ap1L https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/2-questions-sony-vgf-ap1l/m-p/1367#M3036 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can i convert MP3's to ATRAC3/ATRAC3PLUS by using SonicStage2.3?( I already installed the current firmware)<BR /><BR />Actually my problem is that , after converting one mp3 to Atrac3plus in the media library and sending it to my Vaio VGF-AP1L , it sais that it is still mp3 128kbit/s. and not ATRAC3Plus 256kbit/s as i have converted it....<BR /><BR />Just my WMA's and WAV's are converted in Atrac3plus...<BR /><BR />I actually think that the quality of Atrac3plus256kbit/s is better than MP3 128kbit/s isn't it?<BR /><BR />2nd Question: Is that right that the Accumulator gets more empty when i listen to mp3s than to Atrac-Files?<BR /><BR />Thanks for your Answers.....<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 01 Jul 2005 12:55:04 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/2-questions-sony-vgf-ap1l/m-p/1367#M3036 sevodny 2005-07-01T12:55:04Z Re: 2 questions Sony VGF-Ap1L https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/2-questions-sony-vgf-ap1l/m-p/1369#M3037 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Higher Bitrate + More energy consumption.<BR /><BR />Why converting a MP3 128kBit to Atrac3Plus 256kBit? That increase the file size but the quality is still the same or poorer. Because you can't convert a file into another Codec without to lose quality. Atrac3 132kBit would do the same job if you want convert a 128kBit MP3 file.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:10:03 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/2-questions-sony-vgf-ap1l/m-p/1369#M3037 seb21__ 2005-07-01T13:10:03Z