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Converting to eAAC+ with Album Art Embedded

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shayesta
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Converting to eAAC+ with Album Art Embedded

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18-Jan-2009 02:40 AM

The Nokia Music Manager is absolutely pathetic at converting your favourites music tracks to (M4A at 48Kbits) where the audio quality is very poor.

SOLUTION
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To get the best audio quality in (eAAC+ M4A 48Bit/s) then follow these simple instructions.

1. Download (30 Day Trial) or purchase the full version of Easy CD-DA Extractor v12
http://www.poikosoft.com/

2. Open Easy CD-DA Extractor and click on the "Audio Converter" tab.

3. Now drag and drop all the tracks you want converting and edit the Artist Names, Album, Track Number etc.
***NOTE***
You can even add Album Art by clicking on the "Additional Metadata" on the right hand side and you have option to load image or download image via the internet. Supported file type is JPEG and PNG for Nokia devices, do NOT use BMP. Also use small image size eg 200x200 should be clear size for viewing album art. Say bye bye to individual JPEG/PNG images on your phone.

4. Now select for output format
M4A (aacPlus)
48Kbit/s Parametric Stereo

5. After selecting the Output format click on the huge button on the bottom right corner "Convert Files"


***NOTE***
Enjoy the best audio quality at 48Kbits using eAAC+. Saves you loads of space on your Nokia device. Parametric Stereo at 48Kbit/s is the same audio quality as MP3 128KBit/s Stereo.
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shayesta
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Re: Converting to eAAC+ with Album Art Embedded

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19-Jan-2009 05:11 PM

A little update. Send these 3 audio files to you Nokia device that supports AAC+ and eAAC+. In the .RAR archive there is 3 same audio files:

Track_01.M4A
- Encoded by Easy CD-DA Extractor v12
eAAC+ (48Kbit/s, Parametric Stereo, 44100Hz, M4A)

Track_02.M4A
- Encoded by Nokia Music Manager v2.0
eAAC+ (48Kbit/s, Parametric Stereo, 44100Hz, M4A)

***NOTE***
You will notice the Track_01.M4A sounds much better and its the same audio quality as 128Kbit/s - 192Kbit/s in MP3 format.

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Track_03.M4A
- Encoded by Easy CD-DA Extractor v12
eAAC+ (48Kbit/s, Stereo, 44100Hz, M4A)

Compare it with Track_01.M4A which one do you think sounds better and has better audio quality?

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Here is the RAR Archive which contains these files:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DSYJOCOE
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