Frank Klemm
Fri, 06 Oct 2000 00:25:00 -0700
Gargos Chode wrote about the -k switch: > > Hrmm... that is an interesting idea. I completely hadn't thought of this. > Does this actually take away bits from being used to encode the audio > frame? If so then what is the real use of this switch? I had thought > this switch would help to prevent the mp3 from being possibly corrupted by > being transferred over and over again. Not that this really happens often > but I thought why not. If however this switch really isn't that useful > and it takes bits away from being used to encode the audio then I will > stop using it. Currently I haven't noticed any degredation in sound just > through normal listening tests, although I haven't looked into the matter > further. I will do some testing and see if encoding without this switch > seems to have any impact. > It takes something around 612 bits/s. This is less 0.5% for 128 kbps, even less for higher bit rates. It becomes interesting for bitrates in the range from 8...24 kbps. -- Frank Klemm -- MP3 ENCODER mailing list ( http://geek.rcc.se/mp3encoder/ )