Re: [MP3 ENCODER] ABR vs CBR

2000-06-24 Thread Leonardo Stern
ABR is more like CBR without to be constraint to fit into a fixed bitrate, so it is allowed to use frames of variable sizes, like VBR too. ABR is a hybrid of CBR and VBR. What options give better quality results : --abr 192 or -b 192 (for example) ? [or .. what is currently better : ABR

[MP3 ENCODER] General ABR questions

2000-06-22 Thread Leonardo Stern
Hello L.A.M.E. people, 1 - Why ABR is much faster than VBR ? 2 - Anyone tested ABR x CBR quality ? 3 - I encoded a file with --abr 192 -js -h (lame 3.84 a1_2j from Dmitry) and the file have 183 kbps : 32 - 28 - 0.2% 64 - 1 - 0.0% 96 - 1 - 0.0% 112 - 9 - 0.1% |128 - 250 -

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Re: new scalefac_scale algorithm -Z - tested

2000-05-22 Thread Leonardo Stern
How do you count frames of each bitrate ? I want to do some stats myself (with diferentes settings and lame versions) :o) the stats about this: 3.80 32 - 0 - 0,0% ||| 128 - 17066 - 54,1% 160 -

[MP3 ENCODER] free format bitstreams and iso documentation

2000-05-09 Thread Leonardo Stern
According to my ISO doc (section 2.4.2.3), for layer III, decoders are not required to support higher free format higher than 320kbps. So free format is not restricted to =320kbps. And decoders must support free format at least up to 320k. My ISO 13818-3 documentation : Section 2.4.2.3 "The

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] VBR not as variable as Xing

1999-12-04 Thread Leonardo Stern
Are you using the 2.50e version ?? Try new versions of winamp, In vbr 0 , I found frames from 112 kbps (initial value) to 320 kbps Ross Levis wrote: Hi all. I'm new to the list. I have been using Xing's VBR up to now but I am hoping to find Lame produces better VBR quality - but

[MP3 ENCODER] Response Analizer

1999-10-24 Thread Leonardo Stern
Hi all, where I can find a program for windows 9x that compares mp3, wma, vqf, etc with the wav ? I've done some tests with wma x mp3 in diferent freqüêncies but I need some kind of analizer that could help. Leonardo Stern -- MP3 ENCODER mailing list ( http://geek.rcc.se/mp3encoder/ )

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Response Analizer

1999-10-24 Thread Leonardo Stern
It would be nice if such a program existed. If it really could tell which format sounded the best, it would in effect contain a perfect psycho-acoustic model. In reality, there is no perfect psy-model, so if you find such a test program, it will only tell you which codec is using a

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Some basic questions and comments about LAME

1999-10-23 Thread Leonardo Stern
Me Why using lame 3.34 with vbr 0 I have 153 KBPS file while using the old 3.30 in CDex I have a 124 KBPS file (same track from CD) ? I did something wrong ? FP No I noticed the same thing. Please notice, that you used a better quality-setting (-v -V0) instead of -v -V4. If you have variable

[MP3 ENCODER] Some basic questions and comments about LAME

1999-10-22 Thread Leonardo Stern
--- Hello and Questions --- Hello all, I'm new in list and my linux is not here cos MP3 took all free space and linux ... I burned some cd's (more than 1000 tracks encoded with LAME !!!) and soon linux come back How do I compile LAME under windows 9x (if possible, under Borland C++) I also