And in fact that is what is interesting. -q 9 gives the best results. -q0 creates strange artifacts in the file.
-Stevo On Oct 19, 2007, at 12:50 PM, Manoj Bist wrote: > Perhaps you should use -q 2 (this is the default). > > -q 0 is the highest quality and -q 9 is the lowest quality. > > On 10/19/07, Stevo Brock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi list, >> >> We are trying to use LAME to encode a WAVE file to a 44.1kHz, 64Kbps, >> CBR mono mp3 file and are having trouble matching the quality of the >> same file produced by ProTools. >> >> Currently we are using the following settings: >> Source file 44.1kHz >> 64Kbps >> CBR >> Stereo Mode Mono >> Quality: 9 >> >> which gets us pretty close, but there are still some slight audible >> artifacts. The ProTools file has no audible artifacts at all. >> >> Interestingly, as quality setting is increased, the output actually >> gets worse. >> >> We don't know anything about the advanced acoustic settings. Would >> that help our situation? >> >> Sample files are: >> -original WAVE: http://monkey-tools.com/downloads/01_11a.wav >> -encoded at lowest quality: http://monkey-tools.com/downloads/01_11a% >> 20Q9.mp3 >> -encoded at highest quality: http://monkey-tools.com/downloads/ >> 01_11a% >> 20Q0.mp3 >> -ProTools encoded: http://monkey-tools.com/downloads/ >> 01_11a_Protools.mp3 >> >> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >> >> -Stevo Brock >> Head of Development >> Monkey Tools >> www.monkey-tools.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mp3encoder mailing list >> mp3encoder@minnie.tuhs.org >> https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder >> > _______________________________________________ > mp3encoder mailing list > mp3encoder@minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder > _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list mp3encoder@minnie.tuhs.org https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder