Just to contrast with the last sample, here's another pre-echo related problem where LAME is reported to do better than FhG: Mark > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 18:13:39 +0100 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > X-UIDL: g"#"!cHY!!C+G!!6=`"! > > > Hi, > > Just thought you might be interested in a case I found which the Lame > encoder handles FAR better than Frauenhofer. Check out [ copied to http://www.sulaco.org/mp3/download/samples/BlackBird.wav ] > the opening bars from the > Beautiful South track 'Blackbird on the Wire' - you will notice it has some > very sudden synthesized drums in it. I encoded this track using both Lame > and Frau, and found that Frau just couldn't handle the first drum hit (it > even had trouble with subsequent ones which are less apparent on this > particular example) and actually drops out for a fraction of a second before > the drum hit. I have tried many settings on both decoders and Lame seems to > handle it no matter what, whereas Frau always trips up, even with the > highest quality setting. Bitrate is immaterial. > > Best Regards, > > Dave. > -- MP3 ENCODER mailing list ( http://geek.rcc.se/mp3encoder/ )
