>
> Is it just me, or is it virtually impossible to encode VBR files with the
> new VBR code with switches like this "-X 6 -V 0 -q 1 -b 128 -B 128 -F"?
> Because it takes like 4 hours per song to encode. With the old VBR code it
> takes 4-6 minutes. Something has changed I take it?
>
> Josh
>
It's because you use -b 128 -B 128. This is a bad idea with
any VBR mode, and happens to be very bad because of how the
new vbr mode works.
A CBR encoding can actually achieve bitrates as
effectively as large as 320kbs because of the bit reservoir.
Since VBR makes very little use of the bitreservoir, you need
to allow for frames as large as 320kbs, otherwise sharp attacks
will not be encoded as well as with CBR.
I forget why the -B option was added, but it should not be
used under normal circumstances.
Mark
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