320 kbps
the 1st one
Noteburner MP3 Bitrate Converter is a commercial program that can change the bitrate while maintaining the ID3 tags which contain the artist and other information.
A MP3 file is actually a compressed WAV file. The compression is: WAV file size / MP3 file size Bitrate is the amount of kBits a mp3 file uses in 1 second. So a 320kB/s file uses 320kBit in 1 second(or 40kBytes/s) The relation is that if the bitrate gets bigger, the compression get's lower.
No Serato Scratch does not change the bit rate. Serato is simply an engine for playing your existing MP3's
No you can't. MP3 is a lossy format, so you can't get back the data that's been thrown away.
A typical MP3 file is 5MB, so 700MB holds around 140 songs. It depends on the bitrate of the song of course. CD audio is in Wave format, at around 10 times the bitrate of MP3, so it will take up around 10 times the space. The lower the bitrate, the smaller the files will be, but the worse the audio quality will be.
Taking something off a CD: If you went to a shop, bought a CD, then put all the tracks from the CD to your computer that would be CD Ripping (ripping the data of your CD) it also could happen with DVD's.
It won't change the volume of the music majorly but it's the base and sound quality that makes a difference. if you have a low bit rate it might be scratchy or wont sound a s good on high quality speakers.
There is a cool software called "mp3 cutter joiner" in which you can convert .wav to .mp3. It says that it's a cutting and joing program but you can use it as a converter and also a bitrate cutter.
The process of creating MP3s from music CDs is called "ripping".
Nothing. MP3 files are a perfectly legal file format. You can even purchase music in MP3 format from sites like Amazon MP3 or on Wal-Mart's online store. In order for you to be prosecuted, it would need to be proved that you downloaded them illegally, as opposed to purchasing them on a legal music site or ripping them from a CD.
It shouldn't. However, it mainly depends on where you get your songs from. Songs at 128 bitrate could sound great (most likely when legally downloaded) in comparison to songs at 192 (most likely when illegally downloaded) possibly because they were converted from a lower bitrate.