Lazy bugger! ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jorge Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MP3 encoders development list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [mp3encoder] How could I figure out the real mp3's bitrate?
> Hi Chris! > > You are right! :) > > I am looking for a good spectrum analyzer, could you point me one? :) > > Thanks in advance! > > Chris Holt wrote: > > >On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 11:47:15 -0300, Jorge Santos wrote: > > > > > >>Hi! > >> > >> > >>I have been getting some Mp3 at 320Kbps, but when I start listening to > >>some of them, I realize the quality is not a real 320Kbps, probably > >>some newbie has picked up a MP3 at 128 and reencoded it at 320Kbps! Is > >>there any software which may show me the real quality/bitrate? > >> > >>Thanks in advance > >> > >> > > > >Nothing automatic that I can imagine. Once the file has been resampled, > >it is what it is. There is nothing that says you can't encode crap from > >an old cassette on a cheap deck at 320kbps. > > > >If your ears tell you it's crap, then it is probably crap and you need to > >seek out another source, or rip it yourself. > > > >Perhaps a sound program with a good spectrum analyzer would give you a > >clue and verify what your ears are telling you. If you see virtually no > >activity above 14khz or so, then it is likely not an encoding from a good > >source, or more likely it's been transcoded, as you suggest. > > > >Chris > > > >_______________________________________________ > >mp3encoder mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mp3encoder mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder > _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
