[MP3 ENCODER] Re: 3.86a, bug with -h ?

[Jack Davis]

Robert Hegemann wrote:
>-h is always on by default if you use VBR modes like -v (default VBR mode),
>--vbr-old  or  --vbr-new. You can switch to a lower quality setting as -h
>(equals -q2) with -q3. But caution, the -q n switches are meant for internal
>testings only, they are not documented cos they can change from day to day.
>
>As of last week, the only difference between -h (-q2) and -q3 is that
>Takehiro's scalefac_scale feature is turned on with -h and off with -q3.

Robert: thanks for explanation.

For my ears, Takehiro's scalefac_scale feature will not give better results.
The quality of many tracks is a little bit lower. I have found no tracks
with better quality. The file size is reduced, but for my opinion, the
quality is more important. So i think, setting this feature as default
is not a good idea. I'm using an electrostatic headphone, Stax SR-40.
It is a little bit old, but its quality is very high.

Jack

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