Newbie here, So let me jump right in to the DEEEEEP end of the pool… I am trying to take a workaround approach to this and see where it goes.
I have read all 27 pages of this thread with interest. I have a Clip, Fuze and a new Clip+. I recall that the pitch accuracy at 48khz sample rate on both the Clip and Clip+ is on par with other players. I have all my music archived in Flac right now, and can convert a working copy with dBpoweramp to either OGG or LAME at 48khz sample rates overnight. I currently have a 44.1khz mp3 copy of everything at q=0 vbr so windows media player has a clue what to do with my music. I would of course keep my original flac files.
1. If I do this to avoid the pitch issue, will the resulting files have any more loss or artifacts than I would normally have converting to the same bitrate mp3 or ogg at 44.1khz? I have usually been setting things to max quality ogg q=1 or lame q=0 vbr. I am certain it wouldn’t be “lossless” to convert to 48khz flac, so I wouldn’t bother with that for my archival files.
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I see that 48khz is the DAT standard. Do most other mp3 players natively support this by default? What about Windows Media player (using windows 7) or Winamp? Other than Sansa I have an original Ipod with Video 80 Gb media player.
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Will I take a hit on battery life compared to a file encoded at the same mp3 or ogg bitrate vs 44.1 khz? I know that “ogg is a hog” when it comes to battery life.
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I am not an expert on media, but am I correct in assuming that this would have no relevant effect on IDtag data?
Thanks…
