i think it was me who sent you the
20Hz to 20kHz sweep ;-)
you said i should try sonique, but
with v1.51 it produced the same
results as with winamp. but i'll
try the l3dec.

you wrote:

>> 
>> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >
>> > i tried the following test-wav:
>> > it's a sweep from about 20Hz to
>> > 20kHz, smoothly increasing the
>> > frequency. FhG encoder did very
>> > well, but with LAME the .mp3 has
>> > audible clicks in it, where the
>> > amplitude is being reduced.
>> 
>> Are you using Winamp? Its decoder is buggy. Try a Fraunhofer decoder, e.g.
>> l3dec or MS Media Player.
>> 
>> -- Mat.
>> 

MT> I'm quite sure this is the Winamp bug.  Someone else sent me
MT> the same 20hz-20khz sweep test case about a week ago and I
MT> looked at it then.  It is the same bug that was discused in this news
MT> group about a month ago, but with a 100Hz tone, and another
MT> version was also sent to me, with a 1kHz tone.

MT> I've tried all of these test cases on about 8 different decoders, and
MT> it only shows up in winamp versions which use the "Nitrane" decoder.
MT> There seem to be some sleasy details involving the history of nitrane
MT> and winamp, and from what I hear there is no one left at nullsoft who
MT> knows anything about mp3 decoding.  

MT> It might be interesting to track down what feature LAME is using
MT> (that FhG is not using) that causes winamp problems.  I thought
MT> it might be scsfi, but it isn't.

MT> Mark











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