Robert Hegemann wrote:
>
> hmm, this was the meaning of -V in the very first beginning
> of LAME's VBR code.
>
> Actually you influence the absolute threshold of hearing aka ATH
> and the masking thresholds computed by GPSYCHO. VBR tries to
> avoid distorted bands, but sometimes, when there are not enough
> bits, they will survive.
>
Not enough bits ? Then VBR should select a higher bitrate ?
>
> This is a little bit problematic, because the number of distorted
> bands does not tell you the weight of distortions you will get.
> What do you think sounds uglier:
> 20 distorted bands, each 0.1 dB
> or
> 1 distorted band by 2 dB
> ???
>
I would say that 20 distorted bands at 0.1dB is preferable, and assume that this is
the choice of lame's algorithms. Is this assumption wrong ?
Pierre
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