[ale] lame vbr

[Dow Hurst]

maybe you should check this link out.  Long encoding times are required 
from what I've read but the quality stays good and the size reduction is 
good.  I can't find a clear download of an audio encoder here but this 
was the source of an encoder called mp3enc, I think.

http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm/legal/index.html

Look in the downloads section too.
Dow



Christopher Fowler wrote:

>On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 11:01, Randy Ramsdell wrote:
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>>In regards to file size:
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>>I don't think you can change the file size unless you keep dropping the
>>quality. 
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>Correct.  Normally I use mp3enc but I have no clue where that program is
>anymore.  I'm now forced to use lame.  For most music in my collection
>128 ABR is fine.  ABR s better than CBR.  However for "Echos The best of
>Pink Floyd" that will be ABR 192 or 256 :).  I'm not sure what limit
>there is on the iPod with bitrate.  I do know that on much older devices
>of mine 128 was the limit.  After that the sound would basically
>hiccup.  I assume the chip inside did not have the power for those
>higher qualities.
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