[Malsua]

I mostly download WAV files. Contrary to what most people think, they are a “fraction” of the size of MP3’

WAVs are uncompressed. At the same quality level of recording, an MP3 will be up to 10 times smaller.

[newfreep]

I have a DVD of a music concert. Can the audio only (not the video) be burned to a CDR to play on a CD player?

[papasmurf]

My answer, I thought, was relative to his desire to have his music on a CD to be played in a regular CD player. MP3’s won’t, to the best of my experience, wav’s will.

I don’t even concern myself with AAC, as I abhor needing authorization and DRM.

[potlatch]

I have found most all MP3 files to be in the 1 to 5 meg file size. Most WAV files are under 1 meg and usually from 400 to 700kbs. They sound good and I combine both when I burn to CDs. I use good CDs and you cannot tell the difference in the final results.

I'll give you two examples Malsua;

IWalkTheLine-JCash.mp3     2.50MB    LINK

IWalkTheLine-JCash.wav     486kb     LINK

StandByMe-BenKing.mp3     3.45MB     LINK

StandByMe-BenKing.wav     433.kb     LINK