For low-bitrate fans

Started by bluewater, November 24, 2005, 18:46:46

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bluewater

Mp3 is still alive and kicking, right?

Those who like the format like me are delighted to hear that
the new lame 3.98alpha2 encoder does a very good job at the 128kbs
range in the new vbr mode.

The command line switch is

lame.exe -V5 --vbr-new --athaa-sensitivity 1

I tried it, sounds very perfect and size is very small. Using it
now on everything (legal).


btw: the coder can be found here:

http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html

discussion on the recommended settings and the recommended versions is here:

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28124


Cheers,

bluewater :wink:
Life's too short to listen to lossy music

cult_hero

i prefer ogg!

at 500 kbps it's close to flac with half of the size. and it makes no gaps like mp3.

lostflower4

Quote from: cult_heroi prefer ogg!

at 500 kbps it's close to flac with half of the size. and it makes no gaps like mp3.

I read one time that there's a command line to use to eliminate gaps for LAME encoding. It seemed complicated, so I didn't try it. And now I can't remember where in the world I saw it. :?

Of course that would just contribute to the mp3 sourced problem. Maybe it's a good thing there are gaps after all. Makes it a lot of work for those who try to fool their traders! :!:

bluewater

Ogg should perform better than mp3 at low bitrates. I encode every lossless thing nowadays to both flac and mp3, listen to the mp3 version on my mp3/cd player and save
the flac files on dvd-r for future use. Other formats are interesting but
for example .ogg compatible stand-alone players are rare to find.

I purchased some time ago one of the best standalone cd players with mp3 support, it cost around 300-400$ (Harman-kardon hd-970).

What happens when people start recording shows on a portable mp3-player?
The quality should not be an issue if minidisc in lp mode is not an issue (a lossy recorder too)
Life's too short to listen to lossy music