Should i downsample wav for ogg encoding?

[lar1r]

I have a 44.1khz wav
I want a 80kbps OGG.

Should I downsample the ogg first to 32khz and then compress?
Or should I just compress at 44.1khz?

(note: I would guess that downsampling would give me a better resolution - but does OGG filter out everything above 16khz anyways at this low bitrate?)

Thx

[ChristianHJW]

Vorbis will sound quite acceptable from about 64 kbps, with 80 kbps quality should be about equal to a 128 kbps CBR MP3 ... i would leave it at 44.1 KHz, no need to downsample IMHO ....

[lar1r]

From my source, i had trouble discerning any difference between the two. The 32khz file was a little smaller but I had to go through a bit more effort to convert it.

I know that with mp3 - there is a noticeable difference b/w 32khz and 44.1khz when dealing with 64kbps.

[MaTTeR]

@lar1r
Do you not have any sync issues downsampling to 32kHz?

Anyone notice file size differences between 44 and 48kHz?