[ale] lame vbr

[Steve Tynor]

FWIW,

I don't treat the files on my ipod as "audiophile" quality (so I can't 
vouch how they sound over anything other than the ipod, but I've noticed 
that when I encode streaming radio (WABE's Jazz Classics, My Word) to 
mp4 format (aka AAC) with FAAC instead to MP3 via lame -- with default 
command line arguments, the resulting file sounds just as good and is 
about half the size as lame's mp3 file.

Open source download for FAAC at: http://www.audiocoding.com/

Steve

Dow Hurst wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> In regards to file size:
>>>
>>> I don't think you can change the file size unless you keep dropping the
>>> quality.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> 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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