New Release List - Discussion

[Jibbler]

Want to hear the first VBR scene rip of 2004? Check this out:

Phantom_Planet-Phantom_Planet-2004-FNT :music1:

[Adster]

fuck CBR sux and 256 and 320 too fucking big and waste of time

[Celerystalksme]

Ummm yeah...i kinda been out of the new release scene for 2 months...i have downloaded a new full album though...but i had to choose puddle of mudd - life on display *my bad*

[Gutter]

Originally posted by Jibbler@31 December 2003 - 16:02
In order to see the bigger picture, you have to understand one small detail. The 'mp3 scene' has now made a committment in 2004 to make all thier rips VBR. This includes some major groups like FNT, RNS, aPC, and more... however, instead of a low quality 128 VBR rip, they are talking about either 256 or 320 for CD quality VBR. I'm not sure if this will increase rip size, or if there is any true benefit to their new VBR rules... :

VBR

c'mon Adster its (somewhat) free

[Jibbler]

Well, so far, the file sizes are about the same. Approx 3 to 5 mb for a song. If I wasn't clear earlier, this is a different way of encoding VBR than people have been using in the past. It should have advantages over 192CBR files, and should sound much better than your basic VBR (alt-preset-standard)...

Personally, I'm not sure if I like the direction that things are heading in... but... I'm sure there will be no shortage of people downloading the songs.. VBR or CBR, people like free music.

[Jayhawk]

sounds good jibbler


also why is #distro invite only?

[Jibbler]

Originally posted by KwahyaJ@1 January 2004 - 17:56
sounds good jibbler


also why is #distro invite only?

just messing with the room..

[CrumbCat]

Thanks for the excellent info., Jibbler. I''ll step ahead of things here and say 'thanks' for the time you are spending with this, as we will all benefit from it in the end.

I can hardly wait for the ripping kit - I want my entire CD collection to be consistent in quality/appearance when I rip them - not to mention all the new stuff yet to be released.

Thanks again for the update.

*CrumbCat crosses his fingers hoping things will be worked out soon.

Later,

CC

[Jayhawk]

ok sounds good Jibbler


keep up the good work we are all anxious

[Jibbler]

Rip kit in beta test, now available to one or two users... tutorials are still being written. Should have the final kit ready for this weekend (hopefully, no guarantees&#33