William T Wilson said: > 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.
yeah. i originallly started using it because i encoded stuff at 32kbps/96kbps for my rio. when i last tried lame(~2 years ago) it sounded weird(music was not stable, hard to describe it sounded wobbly). im not concerned too much about quality(unlike some who insist on 192kbps or something), but that was far from usable at the time, sort of like playing a tape in a screwed up cassette deck. at the time, l3enc sounded better at 32kbps then some other encoders(maybe lame too) at 96kbps. the key for me though is mp3make. i've tried several X based CDA->MP3 converters in the past, KDE based, gnome based(can't remember names off the top of my head) and all of them had severe problems for me, crashing, or wouldn't encode or i couldn't figure out the advanced options. as of the current version it doesnt seem as if mp3make supports lame out-of-the-box. thought it did .......runs on 8hz-mp3, l3enc, mp3enc, or bladeenc. nate
