On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:29:07 -0700 (PDT) Shel Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > The -V switch controls VBR quality from 0-9 right? I'm wondering > > > what technically is changed to attain the different levels of > > > quality. > > > > Algorithms. > > Can you point me to what these algorithms are exactly are, and what > they address? You have to read the source (or the comments in the source) for this. > > > I don't understand the -b frame size switch. What exactly is a > > > frame? And how does varying its size affect the quality of the > > > compressed > > audio? > > > > VBR/ABR allows to modify the amount of kbit/sec depending on the > > actual need of the signal. With '-b' you set a minimum bitrate. So > > if the encoder thinks the actual part of a song can be encoded in > > 32kbit/sec, but you use '-b 96' he will use 96kbit/sec instead of > > 32kbit/sec for the actual part. > > Ah... interesting. I first got invloved with Lame reading the > documentation that came with the 3.92 package that was a bit outdated > I find now. It set me to the r3mix site where I decided that for my We've improved them... I think this was after 3.92, but I'm not sure... Can you please go to http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/lame/lame/doc/html/switchs.html?rev=1.28&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup and have a look at actual version? > > > And can any of the Lame switches be used to override all of the > > > presets? > > > > --alt-preset modifies some values which can't get modified with > > other cmmand line switches, so you can't override everything. > > This begs the question, has anyone compiled a list of switches that > don't work with specific presets, and within what parameters, if some > parameters are in fact valid considerations? Every switch does work, but the presets modify values which aren't accessible by other switches. Bye, Alexander. -- ...and that is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7 _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
