Youri Pepplinkhuizen schrieb am Mit, 20 Sep 2000:
> Hi,
>
> I got some suggestions for LAME. They're not too complicated (probably are
> to implement, though), so here goes:
>
> - LAME VBR doesn't encode the LSB (Least Significant Bit) correctly (as
> described on http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~djmrob/mp3decoders/lsb.html) -
> what exactly is causing this and how could it be fixed?
didn't he test the DECODING of LAME ???
> - A good suggestion, IMHO: freeformat VBR encoding up to 640 kbs - this
> feature could be implemented through the -B switch (with additional values
> of 384/448/512/640), which would default to 320, but could be set higher to
> give a freeformat VBR. This would have the advantage that some parts which
> are too difficult to compress even with 320 kbs could use even higher
> bitrates which would improve the quality of those frames. I'm sure not many
> people would mind a freeformat VBR MP3 if it would mean a nice improvement
> in quality without having the file bloated like with freeformat CBR.
Sorry, this is impossible, because it is forbidden to mix VBR with freeformat!
If one uses freeformat he has to use CBR.
> - An engine which would analyze the source data and find out which mode
> for -X would be best to use for compression (I have to admit though, that I
> am not too familiar with the -Xx settings - if someone could please explain
> these modes (or point me to a document which explains them), I'd be very
> grateful)
you can dig them up in the mail archive, most were described earlier this year.
> That's all for now. LAME is the best MP3 encoder out there - better than FhG
> even - and I am certain it will improve much more, considering the great
> people that are working on it right now. Keep up the good work!
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Youri
Ciao Robert
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