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Hey Soundcloud,

Happy early betatester, i'd like to know how conversion of files works when uploaded. If it's wav file, in the player it happens to be mpg (mp3) converted to 128 kbps. What codec are you using, is it very good ?

More important, when uploading an already encoded mp3 files, is the file re-encoded on the fly by Soundcloud ? If I upload a 192 kbps mp3 file, will it be decoded and then re-encoded at 128 kbps ? If so, is it better to upload directly a 128 kbps mp3 file ? Are 128 kbps files untouched (not re-encoded if they are already at 128 kbps) ?

Thank you for these precisions...

Best regards,
JC Lemay