Hi Dane, You wrote:
> Some things I particularly like about VLC, its audio and video > quality are better than Itunes and Quicktime, they both use the same > decoders I believe. Actually, VLC does not use the same MP3 encoders as iTunes and QuickTime, which is why you detect a difference in the audio quality. The best MP3 encoding was done with the LAME encoder, and Blacktree used to distribute a plugin for use with iTunes. This is now horribly out of date, but you can download a copy that was updated by a member of the hydrogenaudio forums from this MediaFire link: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=0f00aabbd754a200d2db6fb9a8902bda (iTunes Lame 2.09 - 3.98.2.zip (1.29 MB)) The zip file unpacks into a folder, and on Intel Macs you want to use the file named iTunes-LAME-3.98.2-x86, which you can copy into your Applications folder. If you want to use the LAME encoder for ripping your CDs to MP3 in iTunes, instead of pressing the "import CD" button, start up the LAME encoder app, tab from your selected settings to the first button and press with (VO-Space) to start importing. You can tab to the second button and press (VO-Space) to stop. Although the buttons are unlabeled, if you use VO-H you'll hear these identified as "Import checkmarked tracks. Hold shift to add more tracks.", and "Cancel encoding". Anyone who wants to check the LAME encoding options or recommended preset combinations (besides using the defaults available in the plug- in) will have to do a Google search and/or read through the hydrogenaudio forum discussions. I'm giving the link to the hydrogenaudio forum page that came up for my Google Search: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t65534.html In case you need to try another link for the app, you can read through the forum post to find another working version. Cheers, Esther --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
