Mp3 AAC or ATRAC????????????????

[admin_exported]

OK what it is I've recently purchased a Playstation 3 & I'm very pleased with it indeed. But I cannot get my head around all the different music formats that you can use when transferring music from a CD to the Playstation 3 hard drive. What I'm wanting to know is what format is the best for sound quality when transferring music from a audio CD to the PS3 hard drive MP3 AAC or ATRAC.

 

[VoodooDoctor]

ATRAC is no longer being developed by Sony so go with MP3.

 

[Andy Clough]

In our view AAC is better than MP3, although of course much depends on what bitrate you record at - the higher the better, but higher bitrate recordings will take up more space on the hard drive.

 

[Anonymous]

In that case I think I'll go with AAC. Space shouldn't really be an issue as I've just installed a 380 GB hard drive as I'm planning on storing my entire music collection on the ps3 HDD. Thanks for the info!

 

[Anonymous]

AAC is the technological successor to MP3 and so should sound better, but it will depend on the quality of the encoders in the PS3, so until someone has done a listening test it is hard to say but AAC is the best bet.