One more thing;) > VBR. Minimal bitrate is only for safety purposes
Just to make you sure that adding "-b80" is safe to use, a quote from Dibrom (author of the --alt-presets), where he explains why he has defaulted "-b128": > -b128 doesn't raise bitrates except on mono recordings which would fall below > 128kbps. For those mostly rare cases (considering the majority of what people > will be encoding) -b32 could be used. Also, according to some tests (don't have > the link handy at the moment, I think it's 2BDecided's page), some older MP3 > decoders have much more success with VBR files if the lowest bitrate used is > 128kbps. These decoders are obviously not compliant to the specification but it's > another small reason to default 128. I may change my mind about all of this in > the future if I see another convincing argument the other way though. > > In addition, Wombat has found at least 1 sample (which I haven't listened to yet > since I just moved and my equipment isn't setup) where -b128 did offer a slight > improvement in quality. _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
