Hi!
On Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 08:48:24PM -0700, lewst wrote:
> I'm fairly new to MP3 encoding and to LAME, and am trying to find the
> LAME options that produce the best sounding audio from my ripped CDs.
That depends on bitrate and mode you intend to use (CBR/VBR).
> I notice that the default bitrate for LAME is 128kbps, but that allot
> of the MP3s I download are encoded with 192kbps bitrate. They "seem"
> to sound better, but it might be my imagination.
This also depends much on the encoder used. Many encoders do y bad job at
128kbps.
> I don't mind if my MP3 files end up a bit larger if the audio quality
> is better. Should I be using -b 192 instead of taking the default
> bitrate of 128? How is the following for a set of options to encode
> my WAV files ripped from CD: % lame -h -b 192 sample.wav sample.mp3
You then should also try VBR. This can improve sound quality on difficult
(to compress) passages.
> Thanks.
CU
nils
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