On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, nate wrote: > i use l3enc for encoding(very slow but good quality), i found a > serial# for it a few years ago(i can't find a way to buy it) and i use
Although l3enc is the only "legal" encoder I know of that runs on Linux, I wouldn't necessarily say it has the best quality, except at very low bitrates. I've heard that LAME is the best quality encoder at "normal" (128-256K) bitrates. I do not know which encoder is best for variable bitrate.
