Ok, thanks for the info Mark.
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From: "Mark Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Free format
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> > From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:42:28 +0200
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> > ok i'm asking again :)
> > what is freeformat ? (the point of it, why i should/should not use it
> > compared to "normal" mp3 ...)
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> it is a fixed, but arbritrary bitrate. No reason to use it
> unless you want an exact bitrate which is not one of the
> supported CBR bitrates. Also, if you want to live on
> the bleeding edge of the standard, you can use it to achieve
> bitrates > 320kbs. LAME will encode/decode up to 560kbs free format.
> Xing based decoders (like freeamp) seem to handle up to 440kbs.
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> Mark
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