Seems to work fine here. Encoded a wav to mp3-vbr (quality=0.0) Output bitrate = 224 kbps
$ gst-discoverer-1.0 Track1.mp3 Analyzing file:///home/gst/Music/X/Y/Track1.mp3 Done discovering file:///home/gst/Music/X/Y/Track1.mp3 Topology: unknown: ID3 tag audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) Properties: Duration: 0:09:15.231000000 Seekable: yes Live: no Tags: track count: 6 track number: 4 encoder: Rhythmbox 123451234 title: X artist: Y album: Z genre: Test container format: ID3 tag has crc: false channel mode: joint-stereo audio codec: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) nominal bitrate: 224000 Where do you see the incorrect bitrate ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654733 Title: Incorrect Bitrate shown after mp3 VBR encoding Status in Rhythmbox: Expired Status in rhythmbox package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Ubuntu 16.04 rhythmbox 3.3 Wrong bitrate reported in file metatdata even though file seems to be correct quality and size after CD import. Metadata shown incorrectly in rhythmbox, nautilus and vlc (PC and Android). Case 1 Rhythmbox rip Edit/preferences/music VBR quality 0,0 selected (best quality) track imported from CD; size of mp3 file = 9,0 MB Bitrate shown in metadata: 31 kbps Sample rate 44100 Case 2 Rhythmbox rip Edit/preferences/music VBR quality 9,9 selected (lowest quality) track imported from CD; size of mp3 file = 1,3 MB Bitrate shown in metadata: 7 kbps Sample rate 11025 Case 3 - different software Asunder CD ripper VBR 245 kbps (best quality) track imported from CD; size of mp3 file = 9,0 MB (same as case 1 above) Bitrate shown in metadata: 237 kbps Sample rate 44100 Track used: Rickie Jones Pirates track 1, 5 min 30 secs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/rhythmbox/+bug/1654733/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp