MP3 collection destroyed - what format shall I encode in?

[scoobyrichuk]

OK I managed to lose my entire MP3 collection, I did manage to recover it with Ontrack easy recovery but it's all messed up - the MP3's have been combined into lots of large files so I'm just going to start again. Shall I just rip and encode in 192Kbps MP3 format or is there is another format I should consider?
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[scoobyrichuk]

Ouch yes Not a terrible loss as I can re-encode them but it's going to eat up valuable time. I don't use a portable player so I'll check that link out.
Cheers

 

[scoobyrichuk]

MP+ it is then, I'm going to start ripping/encoding tommorow. The Belgain, I plan to purchase a DVD Rewriter as soon as I can afford one! Thanks for the suggestions guys, this has been a helpful thread...