Thus spake Ivo van Heel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > Personally, I use LAME 160 stereo for all my encodes, fast and sounds great
> > to me.
> Is 160 really high enough to warrant not using joint stereo anymore? I always
> encode with LAME 160 joint stereo, but maybe I should convert :)
> I agree in that encoding in CBR opposed to VBR gives me a feeling of being
> more safe :)
I wonder where the myth that joint stereo would somehow adversely affect
quality comes from. Was it the web pages from the BladeEnc guy? I
don't know. Anyway, joint stereo does not make the signal and worse, it
just allows for a better bandwidth use because on most signals the bulk
of the sound is equal on both channels. With joint stereo, this part is
only encoded once for both channels, so this is a good thing.
There is no reason at all to feel more safe with CBR. CBR is meant for
transmissions over a leased line where you don't get money back if you
don't use the whole space. VBR is meant for archival. Use it.
Felix
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