>
> > The ISO spec says that free format bitstreams are limited
> > to 320kbs, but lame will allow you to specify any bitrate over 8kbs.
> > (lame prints warnings when using freeformat)
> >
> According to my ISO doc (section 2.4.2.3), for layer III, decoders are not
> required to support higher free format higher than 320kbps. So free format
> is not restricted to <=320kbps.
> And decoders must support free format at least up to 320k.
>
good point! so no reason to set a limit at 320kbs, but probably
a good idea to print a warning about it.
> Under windows, the results are the following:
>
> Winamp 2.6, new in-mpg123 for winamp, Nad 0.93, Sonique 1.51, AudioActive
> 1.93b, K-Jofol 0.6, Digideck 0.82, Winplay3 2.3, ActiveMovie/MediaPlayer
> 6.4, Xing MPEG player : all failed (quite disappointing)
>
>
Maybe the free format output in lame is buggy? my version of
mpglib can handle it (which doesn't prove anything), so the only
indication that it is correctly formatted is that freeamp
can play back the streams. freeamp also correctly prints
the bitrate, so I take this as a good sign that the format is
correct, but most players simply cannot handle it.
Mark
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