Hi David, Actually, this is true for if you use the -k switch at low bitrates. It should not be used at 128 kbit/s or lower. The real option for high quality, -h, is safe to use at all bitrates. - Zia > Quality (default value Normal): > > With the LAME encoder, you can specify the output quality; thus you > can trade off encoding time against sound quality. The default > (normal) is recommended, since the high output option might cause > ringing artifacts at lower bit-rates. The voice quality is more or > less optimized to generate the best quality for voice only WAV files > (e.g. books on CDs). > > > > Taken straight from the cdex 1.30 beta1 help page, is this true with > 3.85 ? > > does it really cause ringing artifacts with high quality on ? > > -- MP3 ENCODER mailing list ( http://geek.rcc.se/mp3encoder/ )
