Hi all,
I now have free format working in my decoder, MAD. If anyone would like to try
it -- get version 0.11.4b or later:
ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/mpeg/
So far it seems to work with any free format bitrate I've created with LAME,
all the way up to 640 kbps.
The real reason I'm writing, though, is I think I've discovered some problems
with LAME's free format encoder. :-)
First: Using --freeformat -b X --mp3input, the output bitrate is not X, but
the bitrate of the input file. LAME will even generate free format VBR, which
is forbidden, if the input file is VBR.
Second: With some (usually high) bitrates, LAME seems to mangle the bitstream.
The effect is usually to hear short bursts of garbage in the left channel, but
it seems to depend on the input file as well as the bitrate. Not all frames
are affected.
If I find time I'll try to investigate the second problem further.
Cheers,
--
Rob Leslie
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