Why So Few Bitrates Shown?

Greetings,

Only a tiny percentage of MP3s show the bitrate.

Does Limewire *send* the bitrate info?

If it does, does anyone know what clients do *not* send the bitrate so I can get this fixed.

Thanks

[Predator]

not all clients send bitrate info. i know bearshare and limewire do and i think gnucleus does that too.

yeah it can be irksome not knowing the bit rate - you can always get a bit of an idea by the file size - and some folks (like me)irritate some users by insisting on renaming files with "@256" (or whatever)

bad_vlad

what is bitrate??

[bad_vlad]

Originally posted by Unregistered
what is bitrate??

the bit rate is a measure of how miny 'bits' of data have been copied (ripped) in converting the file from its original 'wav' format (on the CD) to the mp3 format on the pc - the more bits (ie the higher the bit rate) the closer the mp3 will sound to the original CD

a bit rate of 128 kb/sec is sort of the most common but mp3 files sound much better if the bit rate is higher (usually - 160 or 192 or 256 or 320)

the only drawback is the higher the bit rate the bigger the file - but if you've got the space and don't mind the longer download time - the higher bit rate files sound much much better than low bit rate files

cheers, bad_vlad