Hi Mark,
you wrote on Wed, Oct 27 1999:
>> lame -b 128 -X5 -v -V 4 -h -k -d --resample 48 in.wav out48.mp3
>The bug is that the error message "Error: resample code not yet
>written!" was not being printed :-)
LOL! Thanks for the clarification.
>I think the upsample to 48kHz at 320kbs because (IIRC) a
>44.1kHz and lower 320kbs frame violates some ISO restrictions
>on max buffer sizes. Fortunatly most decoders allow for
>larger buffer sizes. Other than that, is there any reason
>to upsample?
You probably know about that Microsoft/Intel "Standard", the AC97/PC97
according to which all sound-processing has to take place at 48 kHz,
regardless of input. So most cards resample everything at 48 kHz. I
came to Linux because I was sick and tired of MS/Intel and would want
my sound-card to output the digital stream exactly as it is.
So I assumed that the resampling to 48 kHz would degrade quality, to
confirm my assumption I tried to encode the same wav (from Audio-CD)
once with the usual 44.1 kHz and then with 48 kHz. I wanted to compare
these outputs (assuming, the soundcard does not do any more "clever"
resamplings at 48 kHz).
This darn MS/Intel "standard" is very annoying, if you want bit-exact
outputs, like e.g. AC-3 or DTS-Streams (DVDs).
Kind regards Frederick
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