WMP 11 - Mp3's = Constant bit-rate?

Hi. I am finally ripping my cd collection and digitizing it. I am using
Windows Media Player 11 on Windows XP Home Edition. I have all the updates,
etc.

Does ripping in MP3's have a constant-bit rate? I swear I saw the option in
the options tab somewhere, but only the .wma files seem to have constant bit
rate or variable bit rate.

I know some ripping programs have the cbr or vbr choice for mp3's. What is
it in the wma 11 player? I can't find anything in the help topics for the
program or on the pages in the links from the help file. Maybe I missed
something, I doubt it though.

Thank you.

As media player allows ripping only in wma you cannot rip in mp3. My
suggestion will be to rip in WMA as it takes half the space for the same
quality of mp3 file. And secondly use VBR so that bitrate will be adjusted as
required by the music. You will nowhere lose the quality.

--
Vanshaj Daga

http://www.akshitagroup.co.cc


"Brian V" wrote:

> Hi. I am finally ripping my cd collection and digitizing it. I am using
> Windows Media Player 11 on Windows XP Home Edition. I have all the updates,
> etc.
>
> Does ripping in MP3's have a constant-bit rate? I swear I saw the option in
> the options tab somewhere, but only the .wma files seem to have constant bit
> rate or variable bit rate.
>
> I know some ripping programs have the cbr or vbr choice for mp3's. What is
> it in the wma 11 player? I can't find anything in the help topics for the
> program or on the pages in the links from the help file. Maybe I missed
> something, I doubt it though.
>
> Thank you.