Re: [MP3 ENCODER] soundcards

2000-08-14 Thread David Balazic
Pierre Hugonnet wrote: Hello, not purely mp3, but... I want to buy a soundcard, and am hesitating between the SoundBlaster 128 (~25$) and the SounBlaster 1024 Live (~60$). Main Usage: - playing my mp3 collection (mainly 128kbs quality) on my (very standard) HiFi equipement -

[MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-14 Thread Frank Klemm
I know there is a project to avoid pauses between tracks by extending the MP3 format with additional tags. But I don't understand why this is necessary and AFAIS the handling is a little bit difficult. Proposal: Input/Output file name pairs. A missing output file name is substituted by the

RE: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-14 Thread Mathew Hendry
From: Frank Klemm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I know there is a project to avoid pauses between tracks by extending the MP3 format with additional tags. But I don't understand why this is necessary and AFAIS the handling is a little bit difficult. [snip suggested support for multiple

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-14 Thread Frank Klemm
:: :: I know there is a project to avoid pauses between tracks by :: extending the :: MP3 format with additional tags. But I don't understand why :: this is necessary and :: AFAIS the handling is a little bit difficult. :: :: [snip suggested support for multiple filenames] ::

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Borland C++ compiler

2000-08-14 Thread Magnus Holmgren
Robert Hegemann wrote: You wrote you used the fft_FPU_FXCH code, that is a gogo routine. I only used it for some speed tests. I took it for an assembler version of code in fft.c, but you mean it compromizes quality to gain speed? So you usually have 30 bytes different by the short test? Hm,

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Off Topic Advice Please

2000-08-14 Thread Magnus Holmgren
Zia Mazhar wrote: Real has released a Jukebox that encodes to MP3, too. But it uses the codec of Xing and it is costlier than MMBJ. So, you better go for MMJB5. It will give you better quality and I think it is easier to use. Am I the only one to really dislike that kind of "skinned" user

RE: [MP3 ENCODER] Off Topic Advice Please

2000-08-14 Thread Stephen Menton
da original message Real has released a Jukebox that encodes to MP3, too. But it uses the codec of Xing and it is costlier than MMBJ. So, you better go for MMJB5. It will give you better quality and I think it is easier to use. Am I the only one to really dislike that kind of "skinned" user

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Off Topic Advice Please

2000-08-14 Thread Keeshond
Zia Mazhar wrote: Real has released a Jukebox that encodes to MP3, too. But it uses the codec of Xing and it is costlier than MMBJ. So, you better go for MMJB5. It will give you better quality and I think it is easier to use. MMJB5 uses 'simplified' version of FIIS, it also sounds nice.

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-14 Thread Ross Levis
It would be easier/better to add multiple file support to LAME. It has been previously mentioned that BladeEnc has this solved the gap problem with an option to internally join all selected WAVs for the encoding process. Ross. Mathew Hendry wrote: From: Frank Klemm [mailto:[EMAIL