Re: [MP3 ENCODER] General ABR questions

[Pierre Hugonnet]

Shawn Riley wrote:
> 
> Hi. I have a couple of my own questions about this.
> 
> It sounds like what's being referred to as "ABR" would be not only faster,
> but more reliable (in quality terms) than the traditional VBR. So what's
> the use of traditional VBR now?


>From the previous postings, it turns that ABR is not a true variable bit rate 
>encoding. It is a compromise between constant bit rate and variable bit rate.
So true VBR is still justified because *it is* true VBR, even if it is not perfect at 
the moment (because of GPSYCHO imperfections).

By the way: how is implemented VBR in ogg Vorbis? Does it look like lame's VBR, ABR, 
or something else ?


Pierre
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