tfish77 Wrote: > I don't quite understand the difference between LAME quality and bitrate > - which one affects audio quality more? I'm trying to find the "sweet > spot" between the 2 that allows for skip-free tunes that still sound > good. > > Thanks again for the advice.
Neither do I! I'm not sure why they're separate and I don't use this on a continual basis so I'm not sure. I can tell you that the quality setting does indeed hit the processor - my P4 2.8 GHz can't manage more than about 5 on the quality setting without the audio playback stuttering. In the encoder command-line argument, the "quality" setting isn't even used for CBR, it's used for VBR: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=28124 For CBR you'd use "-b 320" to encode at 320 kbps. For VBR it's "-V X --vbr-new" where X is the quality setting from 0 to 9 - interestingly, matching SlimServer's quality setting range. The VBR quality setting determines the average bitrate for a VBR file. I was certain that SlimServer used CBR encoding but the LAME Quality Level setting seems to indicate it may use VBR? Surely not, 9 would be awful at 45-85 kbps. Hopefully someone clarifies this. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23557 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
