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Old 26-12-2005, 21:19
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I have got around 17000 non duplicated tracks on my external hard drive, and am going to be getting a laptop

As a nice little earner I want to go to pubs and play the music. What music I have is alternative, rock and some older tracks like the Animals and I would also take requests

What I want to know is what else would I need, how I would go about getting started, and would 160kbps be OK for sound quality?

I feel that I could put together a good set of music and would like to use my knowledge and passion for music

I would play MP3s, as it is bulky carrying around CDs, plus I've got loads of MP3s of tracks that I don't have the CDs for
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Old 26-12-2005, 21:52
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What I want to know is what else would I need, how I would go about getting started, and would 160kbps be OK for sound quality?
I think 160 is a bit on the low side. I would venture into the 200s. I guess you'd also need a sound system as well, and the big sound system might well show up the low encoding rates. Would also try and get some cheese on there too as people usually request it after a few - you know, stuff like Thriller, YMCA, Tragedy etc.

But the major flaw is - what happens if your laptop packs up mid-song, or your music player crashes and the music suddely goes off? I think it would be good to have some CD players independent of the computer and CDs as backups.

In my opinion, nothing beats loading up a CD and cueing the track, or putting the needle onto the record - perhaps it's because I am a bit old fashioned, but there we go.
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Old 27-12-2005, 00:44
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could always try to mix them
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Old 27-12-2005, 01:42
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Originally Posted by dslrocks
I think 160 is a bit on the low side. I would venture into the 200s. I guess you'd also need a sound system as well, and the big sound system might well show up the low encoding rates.
Would agree totally there. Pubs tend to have fairly high end sound systems - maybe a codec such as Ogg Orbis, or even lossless would be better? If you really want to use MP3, then use LAME! Encoders such as Xing sound absolutely awful even at high bitrates, mainly due to the fact they can encode quickly.

Another thing - you mention you have MP3s of tracks you no longer have CDs. DON'T re-encode these to any other format or bitrate as this will further worsen the sound quality. Rip what you can from your CDs to a high as possible bitrate codec and then keep the rest as they are, and possibly try to get your hands on CD versions of them and re-rip.
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Old 27-12-2005, 12:06
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I would agree with PK. Any decent sound system will show up the compression in MP3s, even at high bitrates. I've tried them into high end audio systems and they sound pretty awful, the general lack of detail and lack of extreme bass and treble being the most noticeable things. As HDDs are cheap, lossless is the way to go - WAV or FLAC but this will mean re-ripping everything if you have the originals.
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