the info i always went on is from the below article, for ideological reasons i'd prefer LAME (or any open source). mp3 tho is a propietary format (despite what many think) and so a properly licensed encoder is likely to win out in a situation such as this. if the fraunhofer people really went after the royalties in this situation the switch to ogg vorbis may eventually happen. anyway i digress, here's some data:
http://www.arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/1q00/mp3/mp3-1.html most of us are listening to these mp3s essentially in a hobby situation (on computer sound cards, ipods whatever) which the above covers. robin... -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> org] On Behalf Of Cobert, Gwendal -> Sent: 14 January 2004 17:29 -> To: 313 Hyperreal. Org -> Subject: RE: (313) warprecords - was Re: (313) axis -> -> -> Would be interested to know about what is the best encoder -> etc... I had heard differently about Lame ??? and regarding -> Warp, they have a number of very old EPs for EUR2.69 - guess -> I'll finally be able to get those elusive early EPs... -> Gwendal -> -> -----Original Message----- -> From: Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: Mittwoch, 14. Januar 2004 18:10 -> To: Brendan Nelson; 313 Hyperreal. Org -> Subject: Re: (313) warprecords - was Re: (313) axis -> -> -> 14/1/04 4:57 PM Brendan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> -> > They seem to be giving out mixed messages on the encoding -> side of things - in -> > their FAQ it says "Bleep MP3s are a minimum of 256kbps, -> while the majority of -> > MP3s found on the internet are 128kbps". Yet they seem to -> contradict that in -> > the technical queries bit. Personally I don't think they -> should have used VBR, -> > but will reserve judgement until I've downloaded and -> listened to a couple of -> > tracks from their site... -> -> Yep, I'm going to check a few out - LAME is a pretty poor -> encoder, there's a -> reason it's free! And just say no to VBR... -> Martin -> -> --- -> Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. -> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). -> Version: 6.0.558 / Virus Database: 350 - Release Date: 02/01/2004 -> ->
