>
> Hi everybody,
>
> The following was just posted to the EAC's mailing
> list:
>
> > I must also notice a strange thing : the mp3's I
> > make with EAC pb4 & Lame 3.70 play perfectly
> > with Windows Mediaplayer, Xing Mp3 player &
> > Winamp, but give a strange noise at the very
> > beginning of each track when played with
> > Musicmatch Jukebox. I think it comes from Lame,
> > I converted the same tracks with Xing x3enc and
> > Audioactive producer and they play normally.
>
> Just thought it might be kinda interesting ... any
> comments ???
>
> Greetings,
> -E.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
I have also heard this.
I looked into it, and I think it is just related to the encoder delay
(number of 0 samples added to the beginning of the mp3 file by the
encoder). It seems to be playback/sound card initialization problem.
The .wav file produced by musicmatch from LAME encoded mp3's looks
perfect.
I took a test case, 100only.wav, and did the following:
100only.mp3 encoded by mp3enc3.1 (encoder delay = 1160)
Sounds good when played by music match
100only.mp3 encoded by lame, with encoder delay set to 1160:
(ENCDELAY=1160 in encoder.h)
Sounds good when played by music match
100only.mp3 encoded by lame, with encoder delay = 576
(ENCDELAY=576 in encoder.h, the default setting)
When played by musicmatch, I hear a slight glitch
at the beginning of the file. However, if musicmatch
converts it back to a .wav file, the resulting .wav
file looks perfect.
Mark
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