On 3 Jul 2003 at 18:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > EAC & LAME is definitely a great combo! > > I too use the standard preset, but with a couple of modifications (slower > encoding, but higher quality) you might want to use yourself: > > lame --alt-preset standard -q 0 -k -b 32 > > "-q 0" means use best psycho-acoustic processing AFAIR (please correct me if > I'm wrong) > "-k" means don't use low-pass filter, i.e. preserve all frequencies (will > produce slightly larger MP3s) > "-b 32" means you allow LAME to go as low as 32 kbps where applicable. I've > seen warnings about possible sound degradation, but after 3200 MP3s I have > not heard one example of this (possibly because of the -q 0 switch, but > that's just guessing ;).
-q0 definitely sounds worse to me than -q2 in recent versions. If it was better it would likely already be used by --alt-preset standard. I believe Takehiro can confirm it is 'broken' in 3.90 onwards. You will get as many different recommendations for LAME version / settings as people you ask. To my ears v3.88 -b 192 -q0 sounded great and things have got worse since. _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
