Re: [microsound] Last.fm sound quality?

[reSet Sakrecoer <sakrecoer@xxxxxxxxx>]

they reencode for the radio....
you wouldn't believe they were streaming those 320kbps raw files you
uploaded right?




On Jan 30, 2008 11:27 AM, Sietse Van Erve <sietse.van.erve@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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