Re: [MP3 ENCODER] crc check

[Mark Taylor]

> hi all,
> 
> Does anyone knows what the CRC check option means? - is it better to use it
> or not?
> Greetz,
> Robin
> 
> Royal Netherlands Academy Of Arts & Sciences
> Kloveniersburgwal 29
> 1011 JV AMSTERDAM
> 

It uses 16bits of each frame to encode a CRC check of the header data.
So it will result in a tiny decrease in quality, but it will tell
the decoder if the mp3 file has been corrupted.  

Many decoders ignore it, or just stop playing if the CRC check fails,
so in those cases it is not worth using.  


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