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Old 05-30-2003, 11:43 PM
jonsagara jonsagara is offline
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Assuming the current bitrate of your songs is greater than 128 kbps, you can rip the songs at a smaller bitrate if you have the original CDs. If you don't have the CDs, you can look on your favorite file-swapping program for 128 kbps versions of your songs.

If the bitrate of your songs is already 128 kbps, then you don't have many options. If you go any lower, the sound will start to suffer.

FYI:

Higher bitrate = better sound quality = bigger file size
Lower bitrate = lower sound quality = smaller file size

Both Winamp and Windows Media Player 9 display the bitrate whenever a song is playing.
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