Jaroslav Lukesh wrote:
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> layer 1 is absolutely BEST lossy audio (by me).
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> If you want to use very high bitrates such as 320, 384 kb, use layer1. If
> you want to use 192..320kb bitrates, use layer 2 and at low bitrates up to
> 160k use layer3. All encoders have different characteristic of unwanted
> effects, but layer1 is my favourite for audio archival.
>
There is still something that I don't understand: layer3 'contains' layer2, which in
turns 'contains' layer1.
So: if on high bitrates layer1 is better, what would prevent any layer3 encoder to
output layer1 stream ?
Pierre
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