MP3 not supported?

[Robin Laing]

Robin Laing wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:

> 
> 
>  From my experience, flac is ~25% smaller than the wave files for most 
> music.  I really have not looked that closely.   I will have to look 
> closer into this.
> 
> I use OGG but I feel with the cost of HD's today, why save as a lossy 
> format.  Also, this gives me a backup of my CD if it decides to fail. 
>  Convert back to wav and have a copy if ever needed.
> 
> I do agree with you that ogg is much better than mp3's in my own 
> experience.  I find that all the ogg files I have ripped seem to have a 
> full dynamic range over any of the mp3's.  Even when the mp3's have a 
> higher bitrate.
> 

To add to this.

Last night I checked some of the disks I ripped.  I still have the 
original *.wav files and *.flac files.  Size difference is ~20% 
smaller for flac over wav.

I also came across this article that says almost the same thing.

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3232

It has a script on it for converting *.flac to *.ogg which I tried 
last night.  It works with a couple warnings.  Also the bitrate is 
lower than I would like for the *.ogg files.  Of course they are only 
for the iRiver.