WAV vs MP3?

If you upload a ringtone music clip that's both in WAV and MP3 format, which format sounds better when played on the phone? How much better sounding is it? To me WAVs sound just fine (I have i860).

Of the 2 ringtones, which file is larger? The uploading WAV ringtones can take a while, and if MP3's are a lot larger with not much better sound quality, then I'm sticking with WAV.

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with mp3 you will get pretty much the same sound quality but with a smaller filesize so I say go with mp3 all the way

I finally figured out how to upload MP3's. Afterwards, I did a quality comparison between a few clips I converted to WAV and MP3.

Settings on audio files to upload to phone:
WAV = 8000Hz, 1 channel (mono), 8 bit
MP3= 8000Hz, 1 channel (mono), 32 bit

If any of these values are increased, the upoad to the phone will most likely fail.

The MP3's were smaller in file size (almost half), however, the WAV files had slightly better sound quality for the phone. The WAV files were louder in volume and filtered out a lot of the high frequencies, which can make the ringtone sound a little distorted. You can also compare footprints using the Audacity program.

It's really up to the user - quality or quantity.

For the 860 you're gonna wanna go with MP3 format. The main issue is that it is alot smaller than a WAV. In normal circumstances MP3 has better quality than WAV files, but since you have to butcher the hell out of the quality to get the phone to play it there really isn't much of a difference. MP3 is the way to go.

Camaro...

Did you mean wav has better quality...I think so...you said the other way round.

Basically.....debonext.....

Wav has a higher bit rate....which means that there are more samples of sound per length of time. Making the quality considerably more realistic. MP3 formats the sound by cutting samples out enabling it to have a much smaller file size. But on a small device like a phone is that a problem?....probably not.

However with connectivity and speaker quality getting better, they are closer to picking up on the difference.
Needless to say most people will not notice anyway...so go with the smaller file...

at least until the day you point your phone at the Tele and it plays the song your friend just sent you. Then quality might be more important.

Originally posted by brightr
Camaro...

Did you mean wav has better quality...I think so...you said the other way round.

Basically.....debonext.....

Wav has a higher bit rate....which means that there are more samples of sound per length of time. Making the quality considerably more realistic. MP3 formats the sound by cutting samples out enabling it to have a much smaller file size. But on a small device like a phone is that a problem?....probably not.

However with connectivity and speaker quality getting better, they are closer to picking up on the difference.
Needless to say most people will not notice anyway...so go with the smaller file...

at least until the day you point your phone at the Tele and it plays the song your friend just sent you. Then quality might be more important.

Confuscious say:

.WAV = Uncompressed audio... need big egg roll to stuff into
.MP3 = Compressed audio... need smaller egg roll, but don't put more in than it can hold or you have burrito

Go with .MP3 and the highest bit-rate conversion the thing can handle and you'll get a fortune cookie for your effort Daniel-son!