[MP3 ENCODER] lame 3.90 win32 - processed filesize

[Andrey Glazunov]

Hi All !   i try to use lame mp3 encoder (and decoder) to create a sort of media archiver for old enough game's databases which currently saves sounds in .wav ...   but when i try to encode and then decode sample .wav file i.e. .wav -> .mp3 -> .wav  (VBR) i get strange result - at the output .wav  the size of 'data' block exceeds the size of the 'source' .wav data at about 2..3% ... why ? can i get its sizes equal by any way ?   i take 'data' block from my game's database and have to insert exact block (in bytes) after decompressing or database's format would crashes :(  ... i.e. i need a way to keep the size of data samples of the same size in bytes as in the 'source' .wav (database)  ...   can anyone comment this situation ?