Re: [microsound] Last.fm sound quality?

[Sietse Van Erve <sietse.van.erve@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm, i checked it now and it seems that indeed the files are in
128kbps. Probably I did encode them again.
Just can't remember.
But if you check the following tracks:
http://www.last.fm/music/Orphax/_/On+Subducting+an+Island

http://www.last.fm/music/Orphax/_/as+the+stone+falls+it+won%27t+come+up+again

You hear that their is no problem with the sound. The mp3 and the file
in the stream are the same.

Greetings,

Sietse

On Jan 30, 2008 11:10 AM, Sergio Luque <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Sietse,
>
>
> Thanks for your reply!
>
>
> On Jan 29, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Sietse Van Erve wrote:
>
> > If you upload 192kbps or vbr alt-preset-standard mp3's it shouldn't
> > give a problem.
>
> That would be really nice. Although I just tried it: I uploaded a 192
> Kbps VPB MP3...
>
>
> > They do not recompress the files at all. You upload the files and a
> > few seconds later they are online.
>
> - the last.fm GUI told me that it had to "import" my file and that it
> was going to take two minutes
>
>
> > So if you make the mp3's yourself you have got full-control of the
> > whole deal. Just check what you upload before.
>
> - the soundfile that appeared later ended up sounding really similar
> (full of artifacts) to the previous one that I had already uploaded
> as a WAV and that they compressed
>
> Please let me know if you have any other suggestions on how to
> improve the quality of the uploads. FWIW, I haven't been able to find
> _official_ information on the bit rate that they are using,  but I've
> found this:
>
>
> Wired | All Major Labels to Stream Free Music on Last.fm (January 23,
> 2008)
>
> "Stiksel then conducted an overview of the Last.fm site, which looks
> much like it did before Wednesday's announcement, but with far more
> licensed music from high-profile artists. He said that not only does
> the site provide single-song, on-demand streaming (128 Kbps stereo
> MP3), but also complete album streams three times on a "try before
> you buy" basis."
>
> http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/01/liveblog-the-cb.html
>
>
>
> Last.fm | Wikipedia (January 30, 2008)
>
> "The radio stream uses an MP3 stream encoded at 128 kbit/s 44.1 kHz"
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last.fm
>
>
>
> last.fm | Forums > Feedback and Ideas > Compressed Music (January
> 26-27, 2008)
>
> "And, for the record, there have been people complaining about 128
> kbps being too much for their connections to handle, so yeah... "
>
> http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/372504
>
>
> I guess it sort of makes sense.
>
>
>
> Groeten!,
>
> --
> Sergio
> http://www.sergioluque.com
>
>
>
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