[buckw]

Originally Posted by buckw

Here's a thought: I use Media Monkey (free) as my default player. When MM plays a sample from emusic, it gives the bit rate. I haven't compared the sample rate to the full downloaded track rate, but if they're the same, that would seem to do the trick.

Update to previous post--the Media Monkey recommendation seems to work. I compared the bit rates of samples to the downloaded tracks that I have, and they match. Additionally, emusic will warn of low bit rate selections (ie, 128. See Misfits by The Kinks, for example). When I play a sample of one of these tracks with MM, it reports 128.

[markstan]

Originally Posted by buckw

Update to previous post--the Media Monkey recommendation seems to work. I compared the bit rates of samples to the downloaded tracks that I have, and they match. Additionally, emusic will warn of low bit rate selections (ie, 128. See Misfits by The Kinks, for example). When I play a sample of one of these tracks with MM, it reports 128.

Makes sense! I'll give it a shot as I use Media Monkey also.
I always thought that the preview was at a much lower bit rate though. Maybe emusic does it differently.
Couldn't hurt to try.

Thanks - Mark

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