> > Hi guys, > I discovered lame just a few months ago and am relatively new to it. I > used to use the -q 0 -V 4 options. Up to version 3.90 alpha 7 it > produced results with the bitrate averaging at 190-210 kbps which I > was very glad with. However, with alpha 8 it somehow drastically > changed and even with -V 0 I don't get a birate higher than 190 kbps. > > Hence, I wanted to ask if this is a bug or the VBR algorithm just got > so good that it produces equal results at a lower bitrate? > > Thanks in advance > Roman >
The higher the bitrate, the less reason there is to use VBR (at an average of 320kbps, VBR,CBR and ABR are all the same, since they are all using 320kbps frames). At an average of 200kbps, it is starting to become debatable, but I think that 200 is high enough that you should be using ABR, not VBR. ABR is also much faster and the code is stable. I would recommend lame -q0 --abr 200 Mark _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
