begin quote On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:20:42 +0100 Redeeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i want 320kbps maximum, so that it takes what the track really is, > some places on a track it might be 96kbps, where other places might be > 320kbps, then i want it to save the mp3 like that, so in the middle of > the mp3, it might be 320kbps, but in the beginning maybe 120kbps *Sigh* I'll rephrase myself. mp3 has a maximum bitrate at 320 kbps, This means it can't contain a higher bitdepth on areas. vorbis doesn't have that hard limit. You can generate a vorbis file at 820kbps if you wish. Thats why I ask if you actually want to lock vorbis down at 320 kbps or not. Refer The Fine Manual for the exact alternatives of seeing what the -m and the -M flags will do for you. > so ogg *only* supports to have vbr ? Yes, ogg is a pure VBR format, where you can lock the maximum and minimum bitrate to the same rate, and thereby get a CBR file. Or you can do an average encode and tell it "give me an average bitrate of 200 kbps" . ( I suspect its really a median bitrate, but anyway ) Now what I said is that ogg doesn't do the joint-stereo/Stereo separation of mp3, but keeps that part simple, by always separating stereo unless told to downsample into mono. //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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